The Physical Activity for Total Health (PATH) study: Rationale and Design

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1307-1312

  McTiernan, Anne ^a   Ulrich, Cornelia M ^a   Yancey, Danielle ^a   Slate, Shelley ^a   Nakamura, Heather ^a   Oestreicher, Nina ^a   Bowen, Deborah ^a   Yasui, Yutaka ^a   Potter, John ^a   Schwartz, Robert ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Breast cancer; Clinical trials; Estrogens; Exercise

Indexed keywords

16ALPHA HYDROXYESTRONE; 2 HYDROXYESTRONE; ALBUMIN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ESTRONE SULFATE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0032850412     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199909000-00012     Document Type: Article

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