Traumatic stress and cellular senescence: The role of war-captivity and homecoming stressors in later life telomere length

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 238, Issue , 2018, Pages 129-135

  Stein, Jacob Y ^a   Levin, Yafit ^a   Uziel, Orit ^a,b   Abumock, Heba ^b   Solomon, Zahava ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cellular aging; Stressor specific; Telomeres; Traumatic stress; War captivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; DEPRESSION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION; ISRAELI; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER OF WAR; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TELOMERE LENGTH; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISRAEL; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELOMERE;

ADULT; AGED; CELLULAR SENESCENCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS OF WAR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TELOMERE;

EID: 85047869266     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.05.037     Document Type: Article

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