Body mass index, physical activity, and health-related quality of life in cancer survivors

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 665-671

  Blanchard, Chris M ^a   Stein, Kevin ^b   Courneya, Kerry S ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass index; HRQoL; PA; SCS II

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVOR;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 78650456988     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181bdc685     Document Type: Article

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