Leisure-time physical activity, body size, and colon cancer in women

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 89, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 948-955

  Martínez, María Elena ^a,c   Giovannucci, Edward ^b   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Hunter, David J ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^b   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1842371455     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/89.13.948     Document Type: Article

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