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Owing to varied estimates from studies, a systematic review was done to evaluate the association between occupational wood dust exposure and decline in lung function.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"st2\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This systematic review has been conducted and reported according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The PubMed and Google Scholar databases were screened. Data were extracted from eligible studies and were considered for qualitative and quantitative synthesis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"st3\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The qualitative synthesis included 55 studies. Eligible studies were pooled using random-effects meta-analysis, and high heterogeneity was noted between studies with I\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      &gt;95%. Workers exposed to wood dust showed significant reduction in lung function measures, including forced expiratory volume 1 percentage predicted (pooled mean difference [MD] \u20138.57; 95% CI \u201312.07 to \u20135.08; 16 studies), forced vital capacity (FVC) percentage predicted (pooled MD\u20137.43; 95% CI \u201311.35 to \u20133.51; 14 studies), and peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) percentage predicted (pooled MD \u201313.43; 95% CI \u201325.14 to \u20131.72; 9 studies). Funnel plot indicated greater chances for publication bias among studies included in the meta-analysis. 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