Socioeconomic status and telomere length: The West of Scotland coronary prevention study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 839-841

  Batty, G D ^a,b   Wang, Y ^a   Brouilette, S W ^c   Shiels, P ^a   Packard, C ^a   Moore, J ^c   Samani, N J ^c   Ford, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHROMOSOME; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPLOYMENT; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; TELOMERE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS; TELOMERE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349440864     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.088427     Document Type: Article

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