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- Title
Leisure-time physical activity, body size, and colon cancer in women. Nurses' Health Study Research Group.
- Authors
Martínez, M E; Giovannucci, E; Spiegelman, D; Hunter, D J; Willett, W C; Colditz, G A
- Abstract
Physical inactivity and high body mass index (weight in kilograms divided by height in square meters) have been linked to increased risk of colon cancer. However, none of the few prospective studies in women has shown a statistically significant reduction in colon cancer incidence or mortality associated with increased leisure-time physical activity.
- Publication
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1997, Vol 89, Issue 13, p948
- ISSN
0027-8874
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/jnci/89.13.948