Biological effects of sunlight, ultraviolet radiation, visible light, infrared radiation and Vitamin D for health

Anticancer Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1345-1356

  Holick, Michael F ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Beta endorphins; Cancer; Clock genes; Nitric oxide; POMC; Sunlight; Ultraviolet A radiation; Ultraviolet B radiation; Visible radiation; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

1,25 DIHYDROXYERGOCALCIFEROL; 25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; DNA POLYMERASE; ERGOSTEROL; MARGARINE; MELATONIN; VITAMIN D;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIRACHITIC ACTIVITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BONE DISEASE; BONE HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLOCK GENE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENERGY; GENE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HAIR COLOR; HEALTH; HEART DISEASE; HEAT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFECTION; INFRARED RADIATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIGHT; LUPUS VULGARIS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MILK; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POMC GEBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RICKETS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CELL; SKIN HEALTH; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN D INTOXICATION; WRINKLE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SKIN TUMOR;

ANIMALS; HEALTH; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; LIGHT; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84979554763     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: 17917530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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