Does physical activity reduce risk of estrogen-dependent cancer in women?

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 322-334

  Kramer, Mary M ^a   Wells, Christine L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BREAST; CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM; EXERCISE; FAT DISTRIBUTION; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; OVARY

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

BODY FAT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; OVARY CANCER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ESTROGENS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVULATION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK;

EID: 0029940912     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199603000-00008     Document Type: Review

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