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Is Telomere Length Socially Patterned? Evidence from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study

Lower socioeconomic status (SES) is strongly associated with an increased risk of morbidity and premature mortality, but it is not known if the same is true for telomere length, a marker often used to assess biological ageing. The West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study was used to investigate this and con...

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Autores principales: Robertson, Tony, Batty, G. David, Der, Geoff, Green, Michael J., McGlynn, Liane M., McIntyre, Alan, Shiels, Paul G., Benzeval, Michaela
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/PMC3402400/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22844525
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041805