Lower prevalence of breast cancer and cancers of the reproductive system among former college athletes compared to non-athletes

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1985, Pages 885-891

  Frisch, R E ^a,b   Wyshak, G ^a,c   Albright, N L ^e   Albright, T E ^f   Schiff, I ^g   Jones, K P ^g   Witschi, J ^d   Shiang, E ^h   Koff, E ⁱ   Marguglio, M ^a  

^a Center for Polymer Studies   (United States)

^b Departments of Population Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c Departments of Population Biostatistic ^*  (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; VAGINA CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SPORTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0022369380     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1985.273     Document Type: Article

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