A life course perspective on telomere length and social inequalities in aging
- PMID: 17081153
- DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2006.00250.x
A life course perspective on telomere length and social inequalities in aging
Abstract
Longitudinal studies will be needed to test the idea that social class in adult life, or in childhood, influences the rate of change in telomere length in peripheral blood samples.
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The effects of social status on biological aging as measured by white-blood-cell telomere length.Aging Cell. 2006 Oct;5(5):361-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2006.00222.x. Aging Cell. 2006. PMID: 16856882
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