UVR exposure and vitamin D in a rural population. A study of outdoor working farmers, their spouses and children

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1598-1606

  Bodekaer M ^a   Petersen, B ^a   Thieden, E ^a   Philipsen, P A ^a   Heydenreich, J ^a   Olsen, P ^a   Wulf, H C ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOMETRY; SEASON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOMETRY; SEASONS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907965629     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4pp00188e     Document Type: Article

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