Physical activity and cancer etiology: Associations and mechanisms

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 487-509

  McTiernan, Anne ^a,b,c   Ulrich, Cornelia ^a,b   Slate, Shelley ^a,b   Potter, John ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Cancer Prevention Research Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Hormones; Immune function; Obesity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; COLON CANCER; DIET; FITNESS; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032432951     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008853601471     Document Type: Article

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