Serum levels of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D3 among sun-protected outdoor workers in Israel

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1507-1512

  Azizi, Esther ^a   Pavlotsky, Felix ^a   Kudish, Avraham ^b   Flint, Pazit ^a   Solomon, Arie ^a   Lerman, Yehuda ^a   Oberman, Bernice ^a   Sadetzki, Siegal ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; SUNBURN;

ADULT; AGING; CALCIFEDIOL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; SUNBURN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 84868200519     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01196.x     Document Type: Article

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