Adverse childhood experiences, such as physical abuse, being sent away from home, and parental divorce, are associated with shortened telomere length in women, and telomere size decreases as the amount of experienced adversity increases, according to a study of over 4,000 U.K. women ages 41–80 by Surtees et al. (2010).

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• adverse childhood experiences concept
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