Examining the Health Risk Pathways Between Discrimination and Accelerated Biological Aging Among a Population-Based Sample of Older Adults
Discrimination attributed to various social characteristics can accelerate aging and, in turn, undermine health, but the association is highly modifiable, pointing to the potential importance of interventions to reduce health inequalities.
Authors
- Mateo Farina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0765-6550)
- Francisco Rios Casas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8302-0132)
- Christy L. Erving (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-5482)
Institutions
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journals of Gerontology Series B
- Published
- 2025-06-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaf100
- Primary Topic
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Texas at Austin
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Aging
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development