Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and leukocyte telomere length in women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 414-422

  Du, Mengmeng ^a,b   Prescott, Jennifer ^a,b   Kraft, Peter ^a   Han, Jiali ^a,b   Giovannucci, Edward ^a   Hankinson, Susan E ^a,b   De Vivo, Immaculata ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

biological markers; cohort studies; epidemiology; exercise; physical activity; sedentary lifestyle; telomere

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AGE CLASS; AGING; BIOMARKER; BODY MASS; CHROMOSOME; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH WORKER; LIFESTYLE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY MASS; CHROMOSOME SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; NURSE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF REPORT; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LEUKOCYTES; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF REPORT; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84857562894     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr330     Document Type: Article

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