Lifestyle factors including less cutaneous sun exposure contribute to starkly lower vitamin D levels in U.K. South Asians compared with the white population

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1272-1278

  Kift, R ^a   Berry, J L ^a   Vail, A ^b   Durkin, M T ^b   Rhodes, L E ^b   Webb, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTUMN; CAUCASIAN; DOSIMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN SURFACE; SPRING; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WINTER; AGED; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BANGLADESH; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SEASON; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BANGLADESH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889069010     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12518     Document Type: Article

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