Early life infection, but not breastfeeding, predicts adult blood telomere lengths in the Philippines

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Eisenberg, Dan T A ^a   Borja, Judith B ^b   Hayes, M Geoffrey ^c,d   Kuzawa, Christopher W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS   (Philippines)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BREAST FEEDING; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MORBIDITY; PHILIPPINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

BLOOD; BREAST FEEDING; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHILIPPINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85024393936     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22962     Document Type: Article

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