Cumulative Childhood Stress and Autoimmune Diseases in Adults

This academic study aimed to examine whether childhood traumatic stress increased the risk of developing autoimmune diseases as an adult via a retrospective cohort study of 15,357 adult health maintenance organization members enrolled in the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study from 1995 to 1997 in San Diego, California,

Author(s): Shanta R Dube, DeLisa Fairweather, William S Pearson, Vincent J Felitti, Robert F Anda, Janet B Croft
Organisation: Psychosomatic Medicine
Year Published: 2009
Language: English

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