Serum folate levels after UVA exposure: A two-group parallel randomised controlled trial

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Gambichler, Thilo ^a   Bader, Armin ^a   Sauermann, Kirsten ^a   Altmeyer, Peter ^a   Hoffmann, Klaus ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; FOLIC ACID; RIBOFLAVIN; TOCOPHEROL; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHOTODEGRADATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; VOLUNTEER; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX RATIO; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0142116707     PISSN: 14715945     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-1-8     Document Type: Article

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