Contextual adversity, telomere erosion, pubertal development, and health: Two models of accelerated aging, or one?

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1367-1383

  Belsky, Jay ^a   Shalev, Idan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

AGING; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; REPRODUCTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84989267353     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579416000900     Document Type: Conference Paper

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