Telomeres, atherosclerosis, and human longevity: a causal hypothesis

Epidemiology. 2015 May;26(3):295-9. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000280.

Authors

Abraham Aviv¹, Jeremy D Kark, Ezra Susser

Affiliation

¹ From the aCenter of Human Development and Aging, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ; bEpidemiology Unit, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel; cDepartment of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY; and dNew York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Aging / physiology
Atherosclerosis / etiology*
Humans
Leukocytes / physiology
Longevity* / physiology
Models, Biological
Telomere Homeostasis* / physiology

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