Telomere length and early severe social deprivation: Linking early adversity and cellular aging

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 719-727

  Drury, S S ^a   Theall, K ^a   Gleason, M M ^a   Smyke, A T ^a   De Vivo, I ^b   Wong, J Y Y ^b   Fox, N A ^c   Zeanah, C H ^a   Nelson, C A ^d  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

early childhood; gender; institutionalization; telomere

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TELOMERE;

CELL AGING; CHILD; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862757461     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2011.53     Document Type: Article

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