Is socioeconomic status associated with biological aging as measured by telomere length?

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 98-111

  Robertson, Tony ^a   Batty, G David ^c   Der, Geoff ^a   Fenton, Candida ^a   Shiels, Paul G ^b   Benzeval, Michaela ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biological aging; review systematic; socioeconomic status; telomere length

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SOCIAL CLASS; TELOMERE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GENETIC MARKER;

AGING; BIOMARKERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; SOCIAL CLASS; TELOMERE;

EID: 84874467922     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: 14786729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxs001     Document Type: Article

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