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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 28.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Res. 2014 Jan-Feb;63(1):36–50. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000009

FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 3

Model for the study of telomere length in biobehavioral research. This model is adapted from the general biobehavioral model developed out of the ongoing work in the Center for Biobehavioral Clinical Research at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing (P20 NR008988, McCain; P30 NR011403, Grap). The model includes individual factors that influence telomere length, psychosocial, environmental and behavioral factors associated with telomere maintenance and attrition, and health outcomes.