Ambient UVB dose and sun enjoyment are important predictors of vitamin D status in an older population

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 858-868

  O'Sullivan, Fiona ^a   Laird, Eamon ^b   Kelly, Dervla ^a   van Geffen, Jos ^c   van Weele, Michiel ^c   McNulty, Helene ^d   Hoey, Leane ^d   Healy, Martin ^e   McCarroll, Kevin ^e   Cunningham, Conal ^e   Casey, Miriam ^e   Ward, Mary ^d   Strain, J J ^d   Molloy, Anne M ^b   Zgaga, Lina ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^e ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Sun enjoyment; Tropospheric emission monitoring internet service; UVB; Vitamin D; Vitamin D supplementation

Indexed keywords

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

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATITUDE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASON; SUN; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; IRELAND; LEISURE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 85020227671     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.116.244079     Document Type: Article

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