Brydon, L;
Lin, J;
Butcher, L;
Hamer, M;
Erusalimsky, JD;
Blackburn, EH;
Steptoe, A;
(2012)
Hostility and cellular aging in men from the Whitehall II cohort.
Biological Psychiatry
, 71
(9)
767 - 773.
10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.08.020.
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Abstract
Hostility is associated with a significantly increased risk of age-related disease and mortality, yet the pathophysiological mechanisms involved remain unclear. Here we investigated the hypothesis that hostility might impact health by promoting cellular aging.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Hostility and cellular aging in men from the Whitehall II cohort. |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.08.020 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.08.020 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. PMCID: PMC3657139 |
| Keywords: | Aged, Biological Markers, Cell Aging, Cohort Studies, Female, Hostility, Humans, Leukocytes, Male, Middle Aged, Sex Characteristics, Telomerase, Telomere Homeostasis, Telomere Shortening |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1326550 |
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