Educational attainment and late life telomere length in the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-21

  Adler, Nancy ^a   Pantell, Matthew S ^b   O'Donovan, Aoife ^a,c   Blackburn, Elizabeth ^a   Cawthon, Richard ^d   Koster, Annemarie ^e   Opresko, Patricia ^f   Newman, Anne ^f   Harris, Tamara B ^e   Epel, Elissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Health disparities; Race; Socioeconomic status; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BODY COMPOSITION; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; SOCIAL CLASS; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84870733270     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2012.08.014     Document Type: Article

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