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The link between discrimination and telomere length in African American adults.

Author(s) -

Daniel B. Lee,

Eric S. Kim,

Enrique W. Neblett

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

health psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548

H-Index - 164

eISSN - 1930-7810

pISSN - 0278-6133

DOI - 10.1037/hea0000450

Subject(s) - psycinfo , confounding , health and retirement study , demography , medicine , disease , association (psychology) , gerontology , vulnerability (computing) , cross sectional study , telomere , psychology , clinical psychology , medline , biology , genetics , pathology , dna , biochemistry , computer security , sociology , computer science , psychotherapist

Prior work shows that discrimination is associated with a wide array of negative health outcomes. However, the biological mechanisms through which this link occurs require more study. We evaluated the association between discrimination and leukocyte telomere length (LTL; a biological marker of systemic aging).

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