The solar exposure time required for vitamin D3 synthesis in the human body estimated by numerical simulation and observation in Japan

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 257-263

  Miyauchi, Masaatsu ^a   Hirai, Chizuko ^b   Nakajima, Hideaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO KASEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Solar exposure time; UV B; Vitamin D deficiency; Vitamin D3; Vitamin D3 synthesis

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; COLECALCIFEROL;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BODY SURFACE; EPIDERMIS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JAPAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SKIN COLOR; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WEATHER; WINTER;

CHOLECALCIFEROL; FACE; HAND; HUMANS; JAPAN; SEASONS; SKIN; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84884537594     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.59.257     Document Type: Article

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