Sunlight and Vitamin D: Necessary for Public Health

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 359-365

  Baggerly, Carole A ^a   Cuomo, Raphael E ^b   French, Christine B ^a   Garland, Cedric F ^b   Gorham, Edward D ^b   Grant, William B ^c   Heaney, Robert P ^d   Holick, Michael F ^e   Hollis, Bruce W ^f   McDonnell, Sharon L ^a   Pittaway, Mary ^g   Seaton, Paul ^h   Wagner, Carol L ^f   Wunsch, Alexander ⁱ  

^a GrassrootsHealth   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Sunlight   (United States)

^d CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g Special Olympics   (United States)

^h Alaska State House of Representatives   (United States)

ⁱ WISMAR UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

cancer; diabetes; heliotherapy; multiple sclerosis; pregnancy; public health; UVA; UVB; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; SEROTONIN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN;

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BREAST CANCER; COLON CANCER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY CANCER; NOTE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; VASODILATATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WOUND HEALING; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 84938293317     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2015.1039866     Document Type: Note

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