The vitamin D status among tibetans

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1028-1031

  Norsang, Gelsor ^a   Ma, Liwei ^b   Dahlback, Arne ^c   Zhuoma, Ciren ^a   Tsoja, Wangmo ^a   Porojnicu, Alina ^b   Lagunova, Zoya ^b   Moan, Johan ^b,c  

^a TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHINA; HUMAN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HUMANS; TIBET; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 67650948328     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2009.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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