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HARDSHIP EARLY IN LIFE CAN AFFECT HEALTH AND LONGEVITY EVEN FOR MARMOTS
cumulative adversity indexhibernationpredation pressureRocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryColoradoMarmota flaviventris
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The following information was released by the University of California Los Angeles: Adversity early in life can have permanent health consequences for people even if their circumstances improve dramatically later on. Scientists use a cumulative adversity index, or CAI, which quantifies measures of h
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