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. 2018 Mar 20;118(6):920-929.
doi: 10.1038/bjc.2017.496. Epub 2018 Mar 8.

Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and colorectal cancer risk in the UK Biobank

Jessica S Morris  1 , Kathryn E Bradbury  2 , Amanda J Cross  1 , Marc J Gunter  3 , Neil Murphy  3
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Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and colorectal cancer risk in the UK Biobank

Jessica S Morris et al. Br J Cancer. .

Abstract

This corrects the article DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2017.85.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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