Sun exposure and Vitamin D in rural India: A cross-sectional study

Sun exposure and Vitamin D in rural India: A cross-sectional study

Background: Vitamin D deficiency/Vitamin D Insufficiency (VDI) is now recognized as a pandemic. Cutaneous exposure to ultraviolet-B causes photolysis of epidermal 7-dehydrocholesterol, converting it to pre-Vitamin D3 (precholecalciferol), which then undergoes isomerization to form the stable hormone...

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Main Authors: Shobhit Garg, Aparajita Dasgupta, Swanya Prabha Maharana, Bobby Paul, Lina Bandyopadhyay, Aritra Bhattacharya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
Receiver operating characteristic curves
sun exposure
Vitamin 25-(OH)D
Online Access:http://www.ijph.in/article.asp?issn=0019-557X;year=2018;volume=62;issue=3;spage=175;epage=181;aulast=Garg

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