Tanning is associated with optimal vitamin D status (serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration) and higher bone mineral density

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1645-1649

  Tangpricha, Vin ^b   Turner, Adrian ^a   Spina, Catherine ^a   Decastro, Sheila ^a   Chen, Tai C ^a   Holick, Michael F ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral content; Bone mineral density; Secondary hyperparathyroidism; Tanning; Vitamin D; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HIP; HUMAN; LIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN; SPINE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; BONE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEASON; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARATHYROID HORMONE; SEASONS; SPINE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 16544376722     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/80.6.1645     Document Type: Article

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