Physical activity and risk of cancers of the colon and rectum: An Italian case-control study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 1912-1916

  Tavani, A ^a   Braga, C ^a   La Vecchia, C ^a,b   Conti, E ^c   Filiberti, R ^d   Montella, M ^e   Amadori, D ^f   Russo, A ^g   Franceschi, S ^g  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f ISTITUTO ONCOLOGICO ROMAGNOLO   (Italy)

^g CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case control study; Colon cancer; Epidemiology; Physical activity; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER;

EID: 0032996027     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690304     Document Type: Article

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