Physical Activity and Ovarian Cancer Risk: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
Open Access
- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
- Vol. 18 (1) , 351-354
- https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.epi-08-0958
Abstract
EPIC is a multicenter prospective cohort study designed primarily to investigate the association between nutrition and cancer. The EPIC cohort consists of 23 subcohorts in 10 European countries. The design, study population, baseline data collection, and follow-up methods have been previously described in detail (21).Keywords
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