Theobald palm and his remarkable observation: How the sunshine vitamin came to be recognized

Nutrients

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-51

  Chesney, Russell W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nutritional rickets; Photobiology; Sunlight; UVB wavelength rays; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ERGOCALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RICKETS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84856317396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu4010042     Document Type: Article

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