A case-control study of physical activity in relation to risk of cancer of the right colon and rectum in men

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 42-50

  Longnecker, Matthew P ^a   De Verdier, Maria Gerhardsson ^b   Frumkin, Howard ^c   Carpenter, Catherine ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; RECTUM CANCER; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INTERVIEWS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WORK;

EID: 0028962732     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/24.1.42     Document Type: Article

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