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Marital disruption is associated with shorter salivary telomere length in a probability sample of older adults.

Marital disruption (i.e., marital separation, divorce) is associated with a wide range of poor mental and physical health outcomes, including increased risk for all-cause mortality. One biological intermediary that may help explain the association between marital disruption and poor health is accelerated cellular aging.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/614944
Date05 1900
CreatorsWhisman, Mark A., Robustelli, Briana L., Sbarra, David A.
ContributorsUniv Arizona
PublisherPERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle
Rights© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Relationhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27062452

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