Physical activity in usual occupation and risk of breast cancer (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 626-631

  Coogan, Patricia F ^a   Newcomb, Polly A ^b,c   Clapp, Richard W ^a   Trentham Dietz, Amy ^b   Baron, John A ^d   Longnecker, Matthew P ^e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cacer; Physical activity; United States; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SITTING;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAINE; MASSACHUSETTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0030843840     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018402615206     Document Type: Review

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