Daily total physical activity level and total cancer risk in men and women: Results from a large-scale population-based cohort study in Japan

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 391-403

  Inoue, Manami ^a   Yamamoto, Seiichiro ^a   Kurahashi, Norie ^a   Iwasaki, Motoki ^a   Sasazuki, Shizuka ^a   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Exercise; Japan; Neoplasms; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEISURE; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; STOMACH CANCER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPORTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 49449101909     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn146     Document Type: Article

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