Smoking and the Human Vertebral Column: A Review of the Impact of Cigarette Use on Vertebral Bone Metabolism and Spinal Fusion
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- 1 July 1997
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery
- Vol. 41 (1) , 116-124
Abstract
CHRONIC CIGARETTE CONSUMPTION has significant adverse effects on the human spinal column. Multiple mechanisms induced by tobacco use lead to less strKeywords
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