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. 2022 May;3(5):e308-e309.
doi: 10.1016/s2666-7568(22)00094-0. Epub 2022 May 4.

The telomere tumult: meaning and metrics in population studies

Abraham Aviv  1
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The telomere tumult: meaning and metrics in population studies

Abraham Aviv. Lancet Healthy Longev. 2022 May.
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