Systematic review with meta-analysis of the epidemiological evidence relating FEV<sub>1</sub> decline to lung cancer risk

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Reduced FEV<sub>1</sub> is known to predict increased lung cancer risk, but previous reviews are limited. To quantify this relationship more precisely, and study heterogeneity, we derived estimates of β for the relationsh...

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Main Authors: Fry John S, Hamling Jan S, Lee Peter N
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-10-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/12/498