The role of geographical ecological studies in identifying diseases linked to UVB exposure and/or vitamin D

Dermato-Endocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Grant, William B ^a  

^a Sunlight   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Cancer; Dental caries; Diabetes mellitus type 1; Ecological fallacy; Ecological study; Inflammatory bowel disease; Multiple sclerosis; Parkinson disease; Sepsis; UV; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CANCER RISK; CROHN DISEASE; DENTAL CARIES; ECOLOGICAL FALLACY; ECZEMA; FOOD ALLERGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MONONUCLEOSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEOPLASM; PARKINSON DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RICKETS; SEPSIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 84971472929     PISSN: 19381972     EISSN: 19381980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19381980.2015.1137400     Document Type: Review

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