Seminars in Oncology Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 275-284 , November 2007

Exercise Intervention to Modify Physiologic Risk Factors in Cancer Survivors

  • Carolyn Ingram

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Carolyn Ingram, RN, DNSc, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main St West, HSC – 2J32, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada
    • ,
  • Constance Visovsky

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 Constance Visovsky is supported by the National Cancer Institute 5R03CA103488-02. Carolyn Ingram is supported by Canadian Breast Cancer Research Alliance grant #16542.

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doi: 10.1016/j.soncn.2007.08.005

Seminars in Oncology Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 275-284 , November 2007

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