Background In several epidemiological studies, breast cancer risk has been reduced among women who reported high levels of occupational or leisure-time physical activity. We used data from a population-based case control study to evaluate the effect of occupational physical activity on breast cancer
Occupational physical activity and the incidence of cancer of the breast, corpus uteri, and ovary in shanghai
β Scribed by Wei Zheng; Xiao Ou Shu; Yu Tang Gao; Joseph K. McLaughlin; Wong-Ho Chow; William J. Blot
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 441 KB
- Volume
- 71
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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