A comparison of vitamin D-synthesizing ability of different light sources to irradiances measured with a solarmeter model 6.2 UVB meter

Herpetological Review

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 361-364

  Gehrmann, W H ^a,c   Jamieson, D ^b   Ferguson, G W ^a   Horner, J D ^a   Chen, T C ^b   Holick, M F ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

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