Is telomere length socially patterned? Evidence from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study.

Is telomere length socially patterned? Evidence from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study.

Lower socioeconomic status (SES) is strongly associated with an increased risk of morbidity and premature mortality, but it is not known if the same is true for telomere length, a marker often used to assess biological ageing. The West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study was used to investigate this and con...

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Main Authors: Tony Robertson, G David Batty, Geoff Der, Michael J Green, Liane M McGlynn, Alan McIntyre, Paul G Shiels, Michaela Benzeval
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0041805&type=printable
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