Cancer incidence among Finnish world class male athletes

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 216-220

  Pukkala, Eero ^a   Kaprio, J ^b   Koskenvuo, M ^c   Kujala, U ^d   Sarna, S ^e  

^a FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Malignancies; Record linkage; Sports

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE CANCER; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION RISK; RISK FACTOR; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA; SPORTS;

EID: 0034058259     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-8878     Document Type: Article

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