Hospital costs associated with smoking in veterans undergoing general surgery

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 214, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Kamath, Aparna S ^a,b   Sarrazin, Mary Vaughan ^a,b   Vander Weg, Mark W ^a,b,c   Cai, Xueya ^e   Cullen, Joseph ^a,b   Katz, David A ^a,b,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c University of Iowa   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; VETERAN;

EID: 84861574679     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.01.056     Document Type: Article

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