Telomere Length Among Older U.S. Adults: Differences by Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Age

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1350-1366

  Brown, Lauren ^a   Needham, Belinda ^b   Ailshire, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

accelerated aging; biomarkers of aging; health disparities; minority aging; social epidemiology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; AGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TELOMERE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGING; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TELOMERE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85033215896     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264316661390     Document Type: Article

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