A prospective study of recreational physical activity and breast cancer risk

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 2290-2296

  Rockhill, Beverly ^a,c   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Hunter, David J ^a,b   Manson, JoAnn E ^a,b   Hankinson, Susan E ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Charming Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032711172     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.159.19.2290     Document Type: Article

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