Smoking Is Associated with an Increased Risk for Surgery in Diverticulitis: A Case Control Study

• Michael J. Diamant,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Samuel Schaffer,

  Affiliation Global Medical Affairs, Shire Canada Inc., Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada

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• Stephanie Coward,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• M. Ellen Kuenzig,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• James Hubbard,

  Affiliation Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Bertus Eksteen,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Steven Heitman,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Remo Panaccione,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Subrata Ghosh,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Gilaad G. Kaplan

  * E-mail: ggkaplan@ucalgary.ca

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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