Physical activity and health-related quality of life in young adult cancer survivors: A Canadian provincial survey

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-53

  Bélanger, Lisa J ^a   Plotnikoff, Ronald C ^b   Clark, Alexander ^c   Courneya, Kerry S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c Faculty of Nursing   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Exercise; Physical activity; Quality of life; Young adult

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951725154     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-010-0146-6     Document Type: Article

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