Smoking, alcohol and the risk of Dupuytren's contracture

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 206-210

  Burge, Peter ^a   Hoy, Greg ^a,b   Regan, Padraic ^a,c   Milne, Ruairidh ^a,d  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DUPUYTREN'S CONTRACTURE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030897437     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.79B2.6990     Document Type: Article

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