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 s...

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Main Authors: Susan M Mason, Jennifer Prescott, Shelley S Tworoger, Immaculata De Vivo, Janet W Rich-Edwards
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4459951?pdf=render