Socioeconomic Status, Financial Strain, and Leukocyte Telomere Length in a Sample of African American Midlife Men

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 459-467

  Schrock, Joshua M ^a   Adler, Nancy E ^b   Epel, Elissa S ^b   Nuru Jeter, Amani M ^c   Lin, Jue ^b   Blackburn, Elizabeth H ^b   Taylor, Robert Joseph ^d   Chae, David H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American men; Financial strain; Socioeconomic status; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELOMERE LENGTH; GENDER IDENTITY; MASCULINITY; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; ODDS RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CELLULAR SENESCENCE; ECONOMIC STATUS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 85021123124     PISSN: 21973792     EISSN: 21968837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40615-017-0388-3     Document Type: Article

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