Racial and Socioeconomic Variation in Genetic Markers of Telomere Length: A Cross-Sectional Study of U.S. Older Adults

BACKGROUND: Shorter telomere length (TL) has been associated with stress and adverse socioeconomic conditions, yet U.S. blacks have longer TL than whites. The role of genetic versus environmental factors in explaining TL by race and socioeconomic position (SEP) remains unclear. METHODS: We used data...

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Autores principales: Hamad, Rita, Tuljapurkar, Shripad, Rehkopf, David H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Research Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5049995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27566956
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.08.015

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5049995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27566956
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.08.015

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