Physical activity reduces breast cancer risk in African American women

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 406-411

  Sheppard, Vanessa B ^a   Makambi, Kepher ^a   Taylor, Teletia ^b   Wallington, Sherrie Flynt ^a   Sween, Jennifer ^a   Adams Campbell, Lucile ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Postmenopausal; Total activity; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RUNNING; WALKING; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84860259612     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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