Usual physical activity and endogenous sex hormones in postmenopausal women: The European prospective investigation into cancer-Norfolk population study

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 900-905

  Chan, Mei Fen ^a   Dowsett, Mitch ^c   Folkerd, Elizabeth ^c   Bingham, Sheila ^b   Wareham, Nicholas ^b   Luben, Robert ^a   Welch, Ailsa ^a   Khaw, Kay Tee ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 34250342892     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0745     Document Type: Article

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