Exercise behavior in cancer survivors and associated factors

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-43

  Gjerset, Gunhild Maria ^a   Fosså, Sophie Dorothea ^a   Courneya, Kerry S ^b   Skovlund, Eva ^a   Thorsen, Lene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer survivors; Exercise guidelines; Physical activity change

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951722458     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-010-0148-4     Document Type: Article

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