Darkness at noon: Sunscreens and vitamin D3

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 459-463

  Sayre, Robert M ^a,b   Dowdy, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Rapid Precision Testing Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PREVITAMIN D(3); SUNSCREEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; KUWAIT; METABOLISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR; SUNBURN;

CHOLECALCIFEROL; HUMANS; KUWAIT; PHOTOBIOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 34247267681     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2006-06-29-RC-956     Document Type: Conference Paper

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