Long-Term Unemployment Is Associated with Short Telomeres in 31-Year-Old Men: An Observational Study in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966

• Leena Ala-Mursula ,

  * E-mail: leena.ala-mursula@oulu.fi

  Affiliation Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Jessica L. Buxton,

  Affiliation Section of Investigative Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

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• Ellen Ek,

  Affiliation Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Markku Koiranen,

  Affiliation Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Anja Taanila,

  Affiliations Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Unit of Primary Care, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland

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• Alexandra I. F. Blakemore,

  Affiliation Section of Investigative Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

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• Marjo-Riitta Järvelin

  Affiliations Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Section of Investigative Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, Unit of Primary Care, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MRC Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Department of Children and Young People and Families, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland

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