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Neighborhood Disadvantage and Telomere Length: Results from the Fragile Families Study

Douglas S. Massey, Brandon Wagner, Louis Donnelly, Sara McLanahan, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Irwin Garfinkel, Colter Mitchell, Daniel A. Notterman
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences April 2018, 4 (4) 28-42; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2018.4.4.02
Douglas S. Massey
aProfessor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
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Brandon Wagner
bAssistant professor of sociology at Texas Tech University
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Louis Donnelly
cPostdoctoral research associate at Princeton University
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Sara McLanahan
dProfessor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University
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Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
eProfessor of child development and education at Columbia University
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Irwin Garfinkel
fProfessor of contemporary urban problems at Columbia University
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Colter Mitchell
gResearch assistant professor at the University of Michigan
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Daniel A. Notterman
hLecturer with the rank of professor in molecular biology at Princeton University
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Neighborhood Disadvantage and Telomere Length: Results from the Fragile Families Study
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Neighborhood Disadvantage and Telomere Length: Results from the Fragile Families Study
Douglas S. Massey, Brandon Wagner, Louis Donnelly, Sara McLanahan, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Irwin Garfinkel, Colter Mitchell, Daniel A. Notterman
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Apr 2018, 4 (4) 28-42; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2018.4.4.02

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Neighborhood Disadvantage and Telomere Length: Results from the Fragile Families Study
Douglas S. Massey, Brandon Wagner, Louis Donnelly, Sara McLanahan, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Irwin Garfinkel, Colter Mitchell, Daniel A. Notterman
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Apr 2018, 4 (4) 28-42; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2018.4.4.02
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    • SOCIAL STRUCTURE, STRESS, AND HEALTH
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    • TELOMERES, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, AND NEIGHBORHOOD DISADVANTAGE
    • EFFECTS OF NEIGHBORHOOD DISADVANTAGE ON TELOMERE LENGTH
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