Validation of brief questionnaire measures of sun exposure and skin pigmentation against detailed and objective measures including vitamin D status

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 219-226

  Cargill, Jessica ^a   Lucas, Robyn M ^a   Gies, Peter ^b   King, Kerryn ^b   Swaminathan, Ashwin ^a   Allen, Martin W ^c   Banks, Emily ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AGENCY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MELANIN; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUNLIGHT; TIME;

AGED; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84872019489     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01221.x     Document Type: Article

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