Vitamin D: Light side and best time of sunshine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Dermato-Endocrinology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 177-180

  Alshahrani, Fahad M ^a   Almalki, Mussa H ^b   Aljohani, Naji ^b   Alzahrani, Abdullah ^c   Alsaleh, Yousef ^a   Holick, Michel F ^d  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure; Riyadh; Saudi; Sun; Time; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; 7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL; COLECALCIFEROL; DIHYDROTACHYSTEROL; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; SAUDI ARABIA; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; TIME; WINTER;

EID: 84881174362     PISSN: 19381972     EISSN: 19381980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/derm.23351     Document Type: Article

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