Telomeres, early-life stress and mental illness

Advances in Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue , 2015, Pages 92-108

  Ridout, Samuel J ^a,b   Ridout, Kathryn K ^a,b   Kao, Hung Teh ^a,b   Carpenter, Linda L ^a,b   Philip, Noah S ^a   Tyrka, Audrey R ^a,b   Price, Lawrence H ^a,b  

^a BUTLER HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; TELOMERE;

BIOMARKERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELOMERE;

EID: 84926316166     PISSN: 00653268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000369088     Document Type: Review

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