Are the current Australian sun exposure guidelines effective in maintaining adequate levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D?

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 155, Issue , 2016, Pages 264-270

  Kimlin, Michael ^a   Sun, Jiandong ^a   Sinclair, Craig ^a,b   Heward, Sue ^b   Hill, Jane ^b   Dunstone, Kimberley ^b   Brodie, Alison ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

25 Hydroxyvitamin D; Guidelines; Sun exposure; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE; BODY MASS; DIETARY INTAKE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; WINTER; WORKPLACE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASON; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SEASONS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNLIGHT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84949312860     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: 18791220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2015.03.007     Document Type: Review

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