Associations Between Physical Activity and Susceptibility to Cancer
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Sports Medicine
- Vol. 26 (5), 293-315
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00007256-199826050-00002
Abstract
Physical activity is associated with a reduced risk of all-cause and colonic cancers, and it seems to exert a weaker effect on the risk of breast, lung and reproductive tract tumours. This review...Keywords
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