Recreational physical activity and breast cancer risk among women under age 45 years

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 273-280

  Gammon, Marilie D ^a   Schoenberg, Janet B ^b   Britton, Julie A ^a   Kelsey, Jennifer L ^c   Coates, Ralph J ^d   Brogan, Donna ^e   Potischman, Nancy ^f   Swanson, Christine A ^f   Daling, Janet R ^g   Stanford, Janet L ^h   Brinton, Louise A ^f  

^a Columbia School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b New Jersey Dept Hlth and Sr Serv   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATION;

EID: 0032006179     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009447     Document Type: Article

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