Childhood growth, iq and education as predictors of white blood cell telomere length at age 49-51 years: The newcastle thousand families study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Pearce, Mark S ^a   Mann, Kay D ^a   Martin Ruiz, Carmen ^a   Parker, Louise ^b   White, Martin ^a   von Zglinicki, Thomas ^a   Adams, Jean ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEUKOCYTE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREDICTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELOMERE;

EID: 84863682384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040116     Document Type: Article

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