Health benefits of solar UV-B radiation through the production of vitamin D Comment and response

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1307-1310

  Grant, William B ^a   De Gruijl, Frank R ^b  

^a Leiden University Medical Centre ^*  (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

BREAST CANCER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; NOTE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; BIOSYNTHESIS; NEOPLASM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 3042712436     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b305583c     Document Type: Note

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