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Patterns of Congenital Malformations and Barriers to Care in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by Malemo Kalisya, Luc, Nyavandu, Kavira, Machumu, Bahati, Kwiratuwe, Sylvain, Rej, Peter H

“…An increase of congenital anomalies in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been reported. Congenital malformations (CMs) are not uncommon…”
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Examining the influence of adversity, family contexts, and a family-based intervention on parent and child telomere length by Elam, Kit K., Johnson, Sarah Lindstrom, Ruof, Ariana, Eisenberg, Dan T. A., Rej, Peter H., Sandler, Irwin, Wolchik, Sharlene

“…Background: Exposure to adversity, trauma, and negative family environments can prematurely shorten telomeres, the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes…”
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Older paternal ages and grandpaternal ages at conception predict longer telomeres in human descendants by Eisenberg, Dan T A, Lee, Nanette R, Rej, Peter H, Hayes, M Geoffrey, Kuzawa, Christopher W

“…Telomere length (TL) declines with age in most human tissues, and shorter TL appears to accelerate senescence. By contrast, men's sperm TL is positively…”
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Shortened telomere length is associated with unfair treatment attributed to race in African Americans living in Tallahassee, Florida by Rej, Peter H., Gravlee, Clarence C., Mulligan, Connie J.

“…Objectives Experiences of interpersonal discrimination are pervasive stressors in the lives of African Americans. Increased discrimination stress may cause…”
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Years of caregiving for chronically ill and disabled family members is not associated with telomere length in the Philippines by Rej, Peter H., Tennyson, Robert L., Lee, Nanette R., Eisenberg, Dan T.A.

“…•Caregiving stress (CS) does not predict telomere length (TL) in 1233 adults.•There is no effect modification of CS-TL by sex, age, or relationship to…”
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Testing for paternal influences on offspring telomere length in a human cohort in the Philippines by Eisenberg, Dan T. A., Rej, Peter H., Duazo, Paulita, Carba, Delia, Hayes, M. Geoffrey, Kuzawa, Christopher W.

“…Objectives Telomeres, emerging biomarkers of aging, are comprised of DNA repeats located at chromosomal ends that shorten with cellular replication and age in…”
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Telomere length analysis from minimally-invasively collected samples: Methods development and meta-analysis of the validity of different sampling techniques: American Journal of Human Biology by Rej, Peter H, Bondy, Madison H, Lin, Jue, Prather, Aric A, Kohrt, Brandon A, Worthman, Carol M, Eisenberg, Dan T A

“…Telomeres are the protective caps of chromosomes. They shorten with cell replication, age, and possibly environmental stimuli (eg, infection and stress). Short…”
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Understanding influences of culture and history on mtDNA variation and population structure in three populations from Assam, Northeast India by Rej, Peter H., Deka, Ranjan, Norton, Heather L.

“…Objectives Positioned at the nexus of India, China, and Southeast Asia, Northeast India is presumed to have served as a channel for land‐based human migration…”
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Older paternal ages and grandpaternal ages at conception predict longer telomeres in human descendants by Eisenberg, Dan T. A., Lee, Nanette R., Rej, Peter H., Hayes, M. Geoffrey, Kuzawa, Christopher W.

“…Telomere length (TL) declines with age in most human tissues, and shorter TL appears to accelerate senescence. By contrast, men's sperm TL is positively…”
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Understanding influences of culture and history on mtDNA variation and population structure in three populations from A ssam, Northeast I ndia by Rej, Peter H., Deka, Ranjan, Norton, Heather L.

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Telomere length analysis from minimally‐invasively collected samples: Methods development and meta‐analysis of the validity of different sampling techniques by Rej, Peter H., Bondy, Madison H., Lin, Jue, Prather, Aric A., Kohrt, Brandon A., Worthman, Carol M., Eisenberg, Dan T. A.

“…Objectives Telomeres are the protective caps of chromosomes. They shorten with cell replication, age, and possibly environmental stimuli (eg, infection and…”
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Investigating the Impact of Culturally Relevant Measures of Stress on Telomere Length by Rej, Peter H

“…In this dissertation, I explore the idea that stress exposure stemming from one's sociocultural environment can change health outcomes via shortened telomere…”
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