Economic hardship and biological weathering: The epigenetics of aging in a U.S. sample of black women

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue , 2016, Pages 192-200

  Simons, Ronald L ^a   Lei, Man Kit ^a   Beach, Steven R H ^a   Philibert, Robert A ^b   Cutrona, Carolyn E ^c   Gibbons, Frederick X ^d   Barr, Ashley ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated aging; Biological aging; Biological clock; Financial pressure; Methylation and aging

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIOLOGICAL WEATHERING; BLACK POPULATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; METHYLATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BLACK PERSON; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA METHYLATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EPIGENETICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL PRESSURE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREMATURE AGING; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING, PREMATURE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGING, PREMATURE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84953205132     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.12.001     Document Type: Article

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