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Physical activity and renal cell carcinoma among black and white Americans: a case-control study

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Title
Physical activity and renal cell carcinoma among black and white Americans: a case-control study
Published in
BMC Cancer, September 2014
DOI 10.1186/1471-2407-14-707
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Qian Xiao, Linda Liao, Charles E Matthews, Wong-Ho Chow, Faith Davis, Kendra Schwartz, Mark Purdue, Jonathan N Hofmann, Joanne Colt

Abstract

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has a higher incidence in blacks than in whites. Physical activity may influence the risk of renal cell cancer, but the evidence is inconsistent. No previous study has investigated this relationship in the black population.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Colombia 1 4%
Unknown 23 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 4 17%
Student > Master 3 13%
Researcher 3 13%
Other 2 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 4%
Other 5 21%
Unknown 6 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 7 29%
Social Sciences 3 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 13%
Unspecified 1 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 4%
Other 1 4%
Unknown 8 33%