Predicting ambient ultraviolet from routine meteorological data; its potential use as an instrumental variable for vitamin D status in pregnancy in a longitudinal birth cohort in the UK

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1681-1688

  Sayers, Adrian ^a   Tilling, Kate ^a   Boucher, Barbara J ^b   Noonan, Kate ^c   Tobias, Jon H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALSPAC; Epidemiology; Instrumental variable; Maternal exposure; Pregnancy; Prenatal exposure delayed effects; Seasons; Ultraviolet rays; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

BIRTH RATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA SET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORECASTING METHOD; MATERNAL HEALTH; MODEL VALIDATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METEOROLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUN EXPOSURE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEATHER; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SEASONS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 75349107779     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp237     Document Type: Article

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