Is telomere length socially patterned? evidence from the west of Scotland twenty-07 study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Robertson, Tony ^a   Batty, G David ^a,c   Der, Geoff ^a   Green, Michael J ^a   McGlynn, Liane M ^b   McIntyre, Alan ^b   Shiels, Paul G ^b   Benzeval, Michaela ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864272632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041805     Document Type: Article

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