Recommended summer sunlight exposure levels can produce sufficient (≥20 ng ml-1) but Not the Proposed Optimal (≥32 ng ml-1) 25(OH)D levels at UK latitudes

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1411-1418

  Rhodes, Lesley E ^a   Webb, Ann R ^a   Fraser, Heather I ^a   Kift, Richard ^a   Durkin, Marie T ^a   Allan, Donald ^a   O'Brien, Sarah J ^a   Vail, Andy ^a   Berry, Jacqueline L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN SURFACE; STANDARD; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WINTER;

ADULT; BONE AND BONES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951091294     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.417     Document Type: Article

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