Occupational and leisure time physical activity and the risk of breast cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 775-778

  Levi, F ^a   Pasche, C ^a   Lucchini, F ^a   La Vecchia, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Case control study; Physical activity; Risk; Switzerland; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0033054799     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(99)00051-9     Document Type: Article

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