Open AccessThe 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 , medicine , association (psychology) , demography , telomere , disease , gerontology , vulnerability (computing) , cross sectional study , psychology , clinical psychology , medline , genetics , biology , pathology , biochemistry , computer security , sociology , computer science , psychotherapist , dna
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).