Long-term unemployment is associated with short telomeres in 31-year-old men: An observational study in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966

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Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Ala Mursula, Leena ^a   Buxton, Jessica L ^b   Ek, Ellen ^a   Koiranen, Markku ^a   Taanila, Anja ^a,c   Blakemore, Alexandra I F ^b   Järvelin, Marjo Riitta ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT STUDIES; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELOMERE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84894365038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080094     Document Type: Article

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