Telomere length and mental well-being in elderly men from the Netherlands and Greece

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 278-286

  Rius Ottenheim, Nathaly ^a   Houben, Joyce M J ^b   Kromhout, Daan ^c   Kafatos, Anthony ^d   Van Der Mast, Roos C ^a   Zitman, Frans G ^a   Geleijnse, Johanna M ^c   Hageman, Geja J ^b   Giltay, Erik J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Cohort study; Mental well being; Self rated health; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; NETHERLANDS; OPTIMISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SELF CONCEPT; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; GREECE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE;

EID: 84860692397     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-011-9498-6     Document Type: Article

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