Telomere length, oxidative stress, and antioxidant status in elderly men in Zutphen and Crete

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 373-377

  de Vos Houben, Joyce M J ^a   Ottenheim, Nathaly Rius ^b   Kafatos, Anthony ^c   Buijsse, Brian ^d   Hageman, Geja J ^a   Kromhout, Daan ^e   Giltay, Erik J ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Elderly men; Oxidative stress; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; URIC ACID;

AGE; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT STATUS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHROMOSOME; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GREECE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NETHERLANDS; NORTHERN EUROPE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE LENGTH; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; GREECE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SERUM ALBUMIN; TELOMERE; URIC ACID;

EID: 84863101694     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: 18726216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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