Physical activity at age 12 and adult breast cancer risk (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 293-302

  Marcus, Pamela M ^a,b   Newman, Beth ^b   Moorman, Patricia G ^b,c   Millikan, Robert C ^b   Baird, Donna Day ^d   Qaqish, Bahjat ^b   Sternfeld, Barbara ^e  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Breast neoplasms; Epidemiology; Exercise; Female

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032810017     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008971417282     Document Type: Article

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