Physical Activity and the Risk of Breast Cancer : A Case-control Study of Japanese Women

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 116-122

  Ueji, Masaru ^a   Ueno, Ei ^a   Osei Hyiaman, Douglas ^a   Takahashi, Hideto ^a   Kano, Katsumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33845481739     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.8.116     Document Type: Article

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