## Background: The highest prevalence of smoking in the united states is in kentucky, where smoking typically begins in childhood. the state has many patients who suffer from inflammatory bowel diseases (ibd). the primary aim of this study was to assess whether exposure to active and/or passive tob
Is the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in the developed countries increasing again? Is that surprising?
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- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 103 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1078-0998
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