Determinants of telomere attrition over 1 year in healthy older women: Stress and health behaviors matter

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 529-535

  Puterman, E ^a   Lin, J ^a   Krauss, J ^b   Blackburn, E H ^a   Epel, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; JOB FINDING; LEISURE; LIFE STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SLEEP QUALITY; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING; UNEMPLOYMENT; FOLLOW UP; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TELOMERE;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84926167161     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2014.70     Document Type: Article

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