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Work-Related Exhaustion and Telomere Length: A Population-Based Study

BACKGROUND: Psychological stress is suggested to accelerate the rate of biological aging. We investigated whether work-related exhaustion, an indicator of prolonged work stress, is associated with accelerated biological aging, as indicated by shorter leukocyte telomeres, that is, the DNA-protein com...

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Autores principales: Ahola, Kirsi, Sirén, Ilari, Kivimäki, Mika, Ripatti, Samuli, Aromaa, Arpo, Lönnqvist, Jouko, Hovatta, Iiris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3394788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22808115
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040186