Regional and seasonal variations in ultraviolet B irradiation and vitamin D synthesis in India

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1611-1617

  Marwaha, R K ^a   Yenamandra, V K ^b   Sreenivas, V ^b   Sahay, R ^c   Baruah, M P ^d   Desai, A ^e   Kurvilla, S ^f   Joseph, S ^f   Unnikrishnan, A G ^g   Lakshmy, R ^b   Apoorva, C ^b   Sharma, V K ^b   Sethuraman, G ^b  

^a Houz Khas   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c OSMANIA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d Excel Center   (India)

^e GOA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^f Oddanchatram   (India)

^g Chellaram Diabetes Institute   (India)

Author keywords

India; Ultraviolet B; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WINTER; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCHOOL; SEASON; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHOLECALCIFEROL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCHOOLS; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84961057681     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-015-3427-0     Document Type: Article

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