Open AccessVitamin D deficiency in early autumn among predominantly non-elderly, urban adults in Northern Poland (54°N)
Author(s) -
Piotr Kmieć,
Krzysztof Sworczak
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
postępy higieny i medycyny doświadczalnej
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.275
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1732-2693
pISSN - 0032-5449
DOI - 10.5604/17322693.1165194
Subject(s) - vitamin d and neurology , vitamin d deficiency , parathyroid hormone , medicine , sunlight , calcifediol , alkaline phosphatase , zoology , endocrinology , calcium , chemistry , biology , biochemistry , physics , enzyme , astronomy
Data on vitamin D status among non-elderly adults from Central Europe are insufficient. Natural sunlight allows for cutaneous vitamin D synthesis only from April through August at latitudes over 54° in the northern hemisphere. In this study we aimed at determining vitamin D status among adults in the first weeks of autumn in northern Poland.