Physical activity and colon cancer prevention: a meta-analysis.

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Published in Br J Cancer on February 10, 2009

Authors

K Y Wolin1, Y Yan, G A Colditz, I-M Lee

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA. wolink@wustl.edu

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