Number of children and telomere length in women: A prospective, longitudinal evaluation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Barha, Cindy K ^a   Hanna, Courtney W ^b   Salvante, Katrina G ^c   Wilson, Samantha L ^a   Robinson, Wendy P ^a   Altman, Rachel M ^d   Nepomnaschy, Pablo A ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GENOMIC DNA; TELOMERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CHROMOSOMAL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELOMERE LENGTH; AGING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TELOMERE;

ADULT; AGING; CELL AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELOMERE;

EID: 84953775013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146424     Document Type: Article

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