Comparisons of estimated economic burdens due to insufficient solar ultraviolet irradiance and vitamin D and excess solar UV irradiance for the United States

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1276-1286

  Grant, William B ^a   Garland, Cedric F ^b   Holick, Michael F ^c  

^a Sunlight   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CATARACT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KERATOSIS; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEOPLASM; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN TUMOR; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CATARACT; COST OF ILLNESS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEOPLASMS; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D;

EID: 29344472938     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2005-01-24-RA-424     Document Type: Article

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