Physical activity, waist-to-hip ratio, and other risk factors for ovarian cancer: A follow-up study of older women

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 38-45

  Mink, Pamela J ^a   Folsom, Aaron R ^a   Sellers, Thomas A ^a   Kushi, Lawrence H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

cohort studies; exercise; obesity; ovarian neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030056938     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199601000-00008     Document Type: Article

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