The association between smoking and Inflammatory Bowel Disease among Israeli Jewish patients

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 6-9

  Fich, Alexander ^a,d   Eliakim, Rami ^b   Sperber, Ami D ^a   Carel, Rafael S ^c   Rachmilewitz, Daniel ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Mor Diagnostic Institute   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Inflammatory bowel disease; Nicotine; Risk factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644458791     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.3780030103     Document Type: Article

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