Spurious association between telomere length reduction over time and baseline telomere length

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 839-840

  Giltay, Erik J ^a   Hageman, Geja J ^b   Kromhout, Daan ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

FOLLOW UP; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; SMOKING; TELOMERE;

EID: 79961195139     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq235     Document Type: Letter

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