Seasonality of UV-radiation and vitamin D status at 69 degrees north

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 903-908

  Brustad, Magritt ^a   Edvardsen, Kåre ^a,b   Wilsgaard, Tom ^a   Engelsen, Ola ^b   Aksnes, Lage ^c,d   Lund, Eiliv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN INTAKE; WINTER;

EID: 34547570538     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b702947k     Document Type: Article

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