The use of metformin and the incidence of lung cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes.

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Published in Diabetes Care on August 24, 2012

Authors

Brielan B Smiechowski1, Laurent Azoulay, Hui Yin, Michael N Pollak, Samy Suissa

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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