Recommended summer sunlight exposure amounts fail to produce sufficient vitamin D status in UK adults of South Asian origin

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1219-1224

  Farrar, Mark D ^a   Kift, Richard ^a   Felton, Sarah J ^a   Berry, Jacqueline L ^a   Durkin, Marie T ^a   Allan, Donald ^a   Vail, Andy ^a   Webb, Ann R ^a   Rhodes, Lesley E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOUTH ASIA; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; WINTER;

ADULT; ASIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; YOUNG ADULT;

EPINEPHELUS AENEUS;

EID: 80054908153     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.019976     Document Type: Article

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