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The Association of Early and Recent Psychosocial Life Stress With Leukocyte Telomere Length
16 Sept 2015
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OBJECTIVES: Chronic exposure to psychosocial stressors is related to worse somatic health. This association applies both to stressors early in life, such as childhood adversities, and more recent life stress, such as stressful life events. This study examined whether accelerated telomere shortening, as an indicator of cellular aging, might be an explanatory mechanism. METHODS: We examined whether childhood...
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