Colour Counts: Sunlight and Skin Type as Drivers of Vitamin D Deficiency at UK Latitudes

Sunlight exposure, with resulting cutaneous synthesis, is a major source of vitamin D for many, while dietary intake is low in modern diets. The constitutive pigment in skin determines skin type, observed as white, brown, or black skin. The melanin pigment absorbs ultraviolet radiation (UVR) and pro...

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Autores principales: Webb, Ann R., Kazantzidis, Andreas, Kift, Richard C., Farrar, Mark D., Wilkinson, Jack, Rhodes, Lesley E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5946242/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29642423
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10040457

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5946242/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29642423
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10040457

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