Vitamin D production in UK Caucasian and South Asian women following UVR exposure

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 164, Issue , 2016, Pages 223-229

  Hakim, Ohood A ^a   Hart, Kathryn ^b   McCabe, Patrick ^b   Berry, Jacqueline ^c   Francesca, Robertson ^b   Rhodes, Lesley E ^d   Spyrou, Nicholas ^b   Alfuraih, Abdulrahman ^b,e   Lanham New, Susan ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Sunbed; UV; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; POSTMENOPAUSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOUTH ASIAN; SUN EXPOSURE; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID HORMONE; POSTMENOPAUSE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84962714218     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: 18791220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2016.03.025     Document Type: Article

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