Socioeconomic status and cell aging in children

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1948-1951

  Needham, Belinda L ^a   Fernandez, Jose R ^b   Lin, Jue ^c   Epel, Elissa S ^d   Blackburn, Elizabeth H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Socioeconomic status; Telomere length; USA

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CELL AGING; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NEGRO; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TELOMERE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CELL AGING; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; PARENTS; SOCIAL CLASS; TELOMERE; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860444423     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.02.019     Document Type: Article

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