Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Adverse Childhood Events, and Buccal Cell Telomere Length in Elderly Swiss Former Indentured Child Laborers

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with increased risk for age-related diseases and early mortality. Accelerated biological aging could contribute to this elevated risk. The aim of the present study was to assess buccal cell telomere length (BTL) - a proposed marker of biological age...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Frontiers in psychiatry 2016-08, Vol.7, p.147-147
Hauptverfasser:	Küffer, Andreas Lorenz, O'Donovan, Aoife, Burri, Andrea, Maercker, Andreas
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Psychiatry
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