Childhood Physical and Sexual Abuse History and Leukocyte Telomere Length among Women in Middle Adulthood

OBJECTIVE: Abuse victimization in childhood is associated with a variety of age-related cardiometabolic diseases, but the mechanisms remain unknown. Telomeres, which form the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes, have been proposed as measures of biological age, and a growing body of research...

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Autores principales: Mason, Susan M., Prescott, Jennifer, Tworoger, Shelley S., DeVivo, Immaculata, Rich-Edwards, Janet W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4459951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26053088
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124493

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4459951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26053088
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124493

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