Anthropometric Variables, Physical Activity, and Incidence of Ovarian Cancer: The Iowa Women's Health Study

Cancer

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1515-1521

  Anderson, Jeffrey P ^a   Ross, Julie A ^b   Folsom, Aaron R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Body constitution; Body height; Body mass index; Exercise; Ovarian neoplasms; Prospective studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT;

AGED; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IOWA; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1642366592     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20146     Document Type: Article

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