Association of 25-hydroxyvitamin D 3 levels in adult new zealanders with ethnicity, skin color and self-reported skin sensitivity to sun exposure

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1173-1178

  Nessvi, Sofia ^a   Johansson, Lisa ^a   Jopson, Jan ^b   Stewart, Alistair ^c   Reeder, Anthony ^b   McKenzie, Richard ^d   Scragg, Robert K ^c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; COLOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASON; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CALCIFEDIOL; COLOR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 80052404759     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2011.00956.x     Document Type: Article

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