Lifespan adversity and later adulthood telomere length in the nationally representative US Health and Retirement Study

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 42, 2016, Pages E6335-E6342

  Puterman, Eli ^a   Gemmill, Alison ^b   Karasek, Deborah ^b   Weir, David ^c   Adler, Nancy E ^d   Prather, Aric A ^d   Epel, Elissa S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular aging; Childhood adversity; Lifespan adversity; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELL AGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRESS; TELOMERE LENGTH; VERY ELDERLY; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; LONGEVITY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTOR; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELLULAR SENESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84991619687     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1525602113     Document Type: Article

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