Recent smoking is a risk factor for anal abscess and fistula

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 681-685

  Devaraj, Bikash ^a,b   Khabassi, Soheil ^b   Cosman, Bard C ^a,b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal abscess; Anal fistula; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIANAL ABSCESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; ABSCESS; ANUS DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM FISTULA; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANUS DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL FISTULA; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 79960965688     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e31820e7c7a     Document Type: Article

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