Open AccessSkeletal and hormonal responses to vitamin D supplementation during sunlight deprivation in Antarctic expeditioners
Author(s) -
Sandra Iuliano-Burns,
Jeff Ayton,
S. Hillam,
Graeme Jones,
Katrina King,
S.C. MacLeod,
Ego Seeman
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
osteoporosis international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 170
eISSN - 1433-2965
pISSN - 0937-941X
DOI - 10.1007/s00198-011-1858-9
Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin d and neurology , parathyroid hormone , osteocalcin , endocrinology , sunlight , bone mineral , vitamin d deficiency , calcium , osteoporosis , alkaline phosphatase , chemistry , biochemistry , enzyme , astronomy , physics
Sunlight deprivation results in vitamin D deficiency but serum vitamin D levels can be maintained above 50 nmol/L when supplemented with 50,000 IU at least every alternate month.
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