Physical activity and mammographic breast density in a Mediterranean population: The EPIC Florence longitudinal study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1654-1661

  Masala, Giovanna ^a   Assedi, Melania ^a   Ambrogetti, Daniela ^a   Sera, Francesco ^a   Salvini, Simonetta ^a   Bendinelli, Benedetta ^a   Ermini, Ilaria ^a   Giorgi, Daniela ^b   Turco, Marco Rosselli Del ^c   Palli, Domenico ^a,d  

^a CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^b ASL 2   (Italy)

^c PRESA   (Italy)

^d ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

BMI; HRT; Longitudinal study; Mammographic density; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; ITALY; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WORK; BREAST TUMOR; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EXERCISE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 61449263040     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24099     Document Type: Article

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