UK Food Standards Agency Workshop Report: An investigation of the relative contributions of diet and sunlight to vitamin D status

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 603-611

  Ashwell, Margaret ^a,b   Stone, Elaine M ^c   Stolte, Heiko ^c   Cashman, Kevin D ^d   MacDonald, Helen ^e   Lanham New, Susan ^f   Hiom, Sara ^g   Webb, Ann ^h   Fraser, David ⁱ  

^a Ashwell Associates   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^g IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

25 Hydroxy vitamin D; Bone health; Diet; Dietary reference values; Skin cancer; Sunlight; UVA; UVB; Vitamin D intake and status

Indexed keywords

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

ASIAN; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CAUCASIAN; CELL DAMAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ERYTHEMA; ETHNICITY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NUTRITION; OSTEOLYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WORKSHOP; BLOOD; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SKIN TUMOR; STANDARD; SUNBURN; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIET; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77956213254     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510002138     Document Type: Conference Paper

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