A novel approach for measuring allostatic load highlights differences in stress burdens due to race, sex and smoking status

• Aleah Bailey,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Curriculum in Toxicology and Environmental Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Alexis Payton,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Jonathon Fleming,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation North Carolina State University, Bioinformatics Research Center, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Julia E. Rager,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Curriculum in Toxicology and Environmental Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Ilona Jaspers

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ilona_jaspers@med.unc.edu

  Affiliations Curriculum in Toxicology and Environmental Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8728-0305

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