Do symptoms of depression predict telomere length? evidence from the west of scotland twenty-07 study

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 288-296

  Phillips, Anna C ^a   Robertson, Tony ^b   Carroll, Douglas ^a   Der, Geoff ^b   Shiels, Paul G ^c   McGlynn, Liane ^c   Benzeval, Michaela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aging; cohort study; depression; telomeres

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84876285597     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318289e6b5     Document Type: Article

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