Physical activity and breast cancer risk in the college alumni health study (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 433-439

  Sesso, Howard D ^a,b   Paffenbarger Jr , Ralph S ^a,c   Lee, I Min ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Breast cancer; Menopause; Physical activity; United States; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0031710889     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008827903302     Document Type: Article

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