Physical activity and endogenous sex hormones in postmenopausal women: To what extent are observed associations confounded or modified by BMI?

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-89

  Liedtke, Stefanie ^a   Schmidt, Martina E ^a   Becker, Susen ^a   Kaaks, Rudolf ^a   Zaineddin, Aida Karina ^a   Buck, Katharina ^a   Flesch Janys, Dieter ^b   Wahrendorf, Jürgen ^a   Chang Claude, Jenny ^a   Steindorf, Karen ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Physical activity; Postmenopausal women; Sex hormones; Sports

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SPORT; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 78751570897     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-010-9677-4     Document Type: Article

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