Efficacy of a dose range of simulated sunlight exposures in raising vitamin D status in South Asian adults: implications for targeted guidance on sun exposure
- 1 June 2013
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier BV in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Vol. 97 (6), 1210-1216
- https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.112.052639
Abstract
Background: Vitamin D is essential for bone health, and cutaneous synthesis is an important source. South Asians cannot attain adequate amounts of vitamin D by following general recommendations on summer sunlight exposure at northerly latitudes, and increased exposure may be appropriate for improving their vitamin D status.Keywords
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