title: Epigenetic signals of how social disadvantage "gets under the skin": a challenge to the public health community.
authors.affiliation: Harvard/MGH Center on Genomics, Vulnerable Populations & Health Disparities, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Staniford St, Suite 901, Boston, MA 02114, USA.|Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck St, Boston, MA 02115, USA.|National Consortium on Psychosocial Stress, Spirituality & Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Staniford St, Suite 901, Boston, MA 02114, USA.|Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
authors.forename: Alexandra E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Shields
mesh_terms: D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D057890:Epigenomics / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D059647:Gene-Environment Interaction; D036281:Genetic Research; D006266:Health Education; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D000068097:Maternal Health; D008602:Mental Healing; D011247:Pregnancy; D011634:Public Health; D012931:Social Environment
keywords: HPA axis; cohort studies; disparities; epigenetics; maternal health; methylation; psychosocial stress; resilience