Physical activity and mammographic breast density: A systematic review

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 367-380

  Yaghjyan, Lusine ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b   Wolin, Kathleen ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MO   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer risk; Breast density; Exercise; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST DENSITY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84866557547     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-012-2152-z     Document Type: Review

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