Older men with higher self-rated socioeconomic status have shorter telomeres
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Older men with higher self-rated socioeconomic status have shorter telomeres.
BACKGROUND previous studies examining the relationship between socioeconomic status and telomere length showed conflicting results, one study finding shorter telomere length in subjects with lower socioeconomic status and one showing no relationship. DESIGN cross-sectional study. SETTING community-living elderly Chinese in Hong Kong. OBJECTIVE this study examines the relationship between ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp098