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