Childhood growth, IQ and education as predictors of white blood cell telomere length at age 49-51 years: the Newcastle Thousand Families Study.

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Published in PLoS One on July 06, 2012

Authors

Mark S Pearce1, Kay D Mann, Carmen Martin-Ruiz, Louise Parker, Martin White, Thomas von Zglinicki, Jean Adams

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom. mark.pearce@ncl.ac.uk

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