A systematic review of leukocyte telomere length and age in adults

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 509-519

  Müezzinler, Aysel ^a,b   Zaineddin, Aida Karina ^a   Brenner, Hermann ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Ageing; Leukocyte telomere length; Review; Systematic; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BASE PAIRING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETIC PARAMETERS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE TELOMERE LENGTH; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84873262839     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2013.01.003     Document Type: Review

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