Economic Hardship and Biological Weathering: The Epigenetics of Aging in a U.S. Sample of Black Women
Conclusions These findings support the view that chronic financial pressures associated with low income exerts a weathering effect that results in premature aging.
Source: Social Science and Medicine - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
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