Physical activity and colon cancer: A public health perspective

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-145

  Slattery, Martha L ^a,d   Edwards, Sandra L ^a   Friedman, Gary D ^b   Potter, John D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

case control study; Colon cancer; physical activity; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030915461     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(96)00129-9     Document Type: Article

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