Longitudinal decline of leukocyte telomere length in old age and the association with sex and genetic risk.

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Published in Aging (Albany NY) on July 01, 2016

Authors

Kari Berglund1, Chandra A Reynolds2, Alexander Ploner1, Lotte Gerritsen1,3, Iiris Hovatta4,5, Nancy L Pedersen1, Sara Hägg1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
2: Department of Psychology, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
3: Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
4: Department of Biosciences, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
5: Department of Health, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.

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