Leukocyte telomere length: The telomere tale continues

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1721-1722

  Aviv, Abraham ^a  

^a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Medical School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE; IRON; VITAMIN;

AGING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIVER TOXICITY; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SOMATIC CELL; TELOMERE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; LONGEVITY; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; IRON; LEUKOCYTES; LONGEVITY; TELOMERE; VITAMINS;

EID: 66849095973     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27807     Document Type: Editorial

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