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Low Vitamin D Status despite Abundant Sun Exposure
Author(s) -
Neil Binkley,
Rachel Novotny,
Diane Krueger,
Tisha Kawahara,
Yihe G. Daida,
Gary L. Lensmeyer,
Bruce W. Hollis,
M. K. Drezner
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2006-2250
Subject(s) - vitamin d and neurology , sun exposure , context (archaeology) , environmental health , vitamin d deficiency , vitamin , medicine , sunlight , physiology , environmental chemistry , chemistry , biology , dermatology , physics , paleontology , astronomy
Lack of sun exposure is widely accepted as the primary cause of epidemic low vitamin D status worldwide. However, some individuals with seemingly adequate UV exposure have been reported to have low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentration, results that might have been confounded by imprecision of the assays used.

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