Neighborhood characteristics and leukocyte telomere length: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Health and Place

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 167-172

  Needham, Belinda L ^a   Carroll, Judith E ^b   Roux, Ana V Diez ^c   Fitzpatrick, Annette L ^d   Moore, Kari ^a   Seeman, Teresa E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell aging; Neighborhood social environment; Neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHROMOSOME; ESTHETICS; ETHNICITY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE LENGTH; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; BLOOD; DEMOGRAPHY; HISPANIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

EUKARYOTA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELOMERE;

EID: 84901198197     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.04.009     Document Type: Article

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