Telomere shortening in formerly abused and never abused women

Biological Research for Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-123

  Humphreys, Janice ^a   Epel, Elissa S ^a   Cooper, Bruce A ^a   Lin, Jue ^b   Blackburn, Elizabeth H ^b   Lee, Kathryn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic stress; intimate partner violence; telomere length

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PRIMER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860162078     PISSN: 10998004     EISSN: 15524175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099800411398479     Document Type: Article

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