The solar UV radiation level needed for cutaneous production of vitamin D3 in the face. A study conducted among subjects living at a high latitude (68° N)

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-62

  Edvardsen, Kåre ^a,b   Brustad, Magritt ^a   Engelsen, Ola ^b   Aksnes, Lage ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; COLECALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIET; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATITUDE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SOLAR RADIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WINTER;

EID: 33845978048     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b613263d     Document Type: Article

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