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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-10-01
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Series: | BMC Cancer |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/12/498 |