Higher levels of protective parenting are associated with better young adult health: exploration of mediation through epigenetic influences on pro-inflammatory processes

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Beach, Steven R H ^a   Lei, Man Kit ^a   Brody, Gene H ^a   Dogan, Meeshanthini V ^b   Philibert, Robert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

african american; CpG; epigenetic; methylation; parenting; SES; TNF

Indexed keywords

EID: 85119136149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00676     Document Type: Article

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