The human environment and the vitamin d compromise: Scotland as a case study in human biocultural adaptation and disease susceptibility

Human Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 529-552

  Chaplin, George ^a,b   Jablonski, Nina G ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Eumelanin; Gadidae; High latitude; Melanin; Multiple sclerosis; Skin pigmentation; Ultraviolet radiation; UVB; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SEASON; SUNLIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCOTLAND; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84995295643     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.085.0402     Document Type: Article

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