Influence of Season and Latitude on the Cutaneous Synthesis of Vitamin D3: Exposure to Winter Sunlight in Boston and Edmonton Will Not Promote Vitamin D3 Synthesis in Human Skin

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 373-378

  Webb, A R ^a   Kline, L ^a,b   Holick, M F ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL;

GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SKIN; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN D METABOLISM;

ALBERTA; BOSTON; CHOLECALCIFEROL; DEHYDROCHOLESTEROLS; HUMAN; IN VITRO; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEASONS; SKIN; SUNLIGHT; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0023741187     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem-67-2-373     Document Type: Article

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