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Pigmentation and Vitamin D Metabolism in Caucasians: Low Vitamin D Serum Levels in Fair Skin Types in the UK

BACKGROUND: Vitamin D may play a protective role in many diseases. Public health messages are advocating sun avoidance to reduce skin cancer risk but the potential deleterious effects of these recommendations for vitamin D metabolism have been poorly investigated. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We...

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Autores principales: Glass, Daniel, Lens, Marko, Swaminathan, Ramasamyiyer, Spector, Tim D., Bataille, Veronique
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2714459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19649299
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006477