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Physical activity, disability, and the risk of hospitalization for breast cancer among older women
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Physical activity, disability, and the risk of hospitalization for breast cancer among older women

Kathleen Wyrwich and Fredric Wolinsky
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, Vol.55A(7), pp.M418-M421
07/01/2000
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.7.M418
PMID: 10898260
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https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/55.7.M418View
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Abstract

A recent investigation of physical activity, disability, and the risk of breast cancer among older women in the Iowa 65+ Rural Health Study reported a decreased risk of breast cancer among women with any disability compared with physically capable but inactive women (relative risk [RR] = 0.4, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.2-0.9). Because of the intriguing nature of that association, those investigators urged replication before drawing any conclusions.
Breast cancer Disability Exercise Hospitalization Older people Women

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