Plastic surgery and smoking: A prospective analysis of incidence, compliance, and complications

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Barone, Mauro ^a   Cogliandro, Annalisa ^a   Persichetti, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84885447045     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31829fe385     Document Type: Letter

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