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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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Mason, Susan M., Prescott, Jennifer, Tworoger, Shelley S., DeVivo, Immaculata, Rich-Edwards, Janet W.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4459951/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26053088
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124493
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