Lifetime physical activity and cancer incidence-A cohort study of male former elite athletes in Finland

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 479-484

  Sormunen, Jorma ^a   Bäckmand, Heli M ^b,c   Sarna, Seppo ^b   Kujala, Urho M ^d   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b,e   Dyba, Tadeusz ^f   Pukkala, Eero ^a,f  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c City of Vantaa   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Endurance; Epidemiology; Exercise; Statistical review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOPLASMS; SPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; SPORTS;

EID: 84906308107     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2013.10.239     Document Type: Article

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