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Recreational physical activity and ovarian cancer in a population-based case-control study

  1. Elizabeth R. Bertone1,†,*,
  2. Polly A. Newcomb2,3,
  3. Walter C. Willett4,5,6,
  4. Meir J. Stampfer4,5,6,
  5. Kathleen M. Egan5

Article first published online: 26 MAR 2002

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10365

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 99, Issue 3, pages 431–436, 20 May 2002

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Bertone, E. R., Newcomb, P. A., Willett, W. C., Stampfer, M. J. and Egan, K. M. (2002), Recreational physical activity and ovarian cancer in a population-based case-control study. Int. J. Cancer, 99: 431–436. doi: 10.1002/ijc.10365

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  1. 1

    Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

  2. 2

    University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Madison, WI, USA

  3. 3

    Cancer Prevention Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA

  4. 4

    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

  5. 5

    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

  6. 6

    Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

  1. †

    Fax: +413-545-1645

*Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Arnold House 403, University of Massachusetts, 715 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-9304, USA

  1. †

    Fax: +413-545-1645

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 25 APR 2002
  2. Article first published online: 26 MAR 2002
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 25 JAN 2002
  4. Manuscript Revised: 22 JAN 2002
  5. Manuscript Received: 13 SEP 2001

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  • National Cancer Institute, NIH. Grant Numbers: CA47147, CA47305

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