A novel method to calculate solar UV exposure relevant to vitamin D production in humans

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 974-983

  Seckmeyer, Gunther ^a   Schrempf, Michael ^a   Wieczorek, Anna ^a   Riechelmann, Stefan ^a   Graw, Kathrin ^a   Seckmeyer, Stefan ^a   Zankl, Maria ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; RADIATION RESPONSE; SEASON; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84879840251     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/php.12074     Document Type: Article

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