Smoking and degenerative changes of the cervical spine: a roentgenographic study

Spine Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 557-560

  Gore, Donald R ^a   Carrera, Guillermo F ^b   Glaeser, Scott T ^a  

^a Medical College of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Degenerative disc disease; Nonsmoking; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPINE DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LORDOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; WISCONSIN;

EID: 33747342448     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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