Physical activity and endometrial cancer risk: a review of the current evidence, biologic mechanisms and the quality of physical activity assessment methods
- 8 January 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cancer Causes & Control
- Vol. 18 (3) , 243-258
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-006-0094-7
Abstract
To (1) determine the nature of the association between physical activity and endometrial cancer risk; (2) assess the contribution of variation in the quality of physical activity measurement to inconsistencies in study results; and (3) review the biologic mechanisms that might mediate possible effects of physical activity on risk.Keywords
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