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Article: Calculated Ultraviolet Exposure Levels for a Healthy Vitamin D Status
- Article from:
- Photochemistry and Photobiology
- Article date:
- November 1, 2006
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright American Society for Photobiology Nov/Dec 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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ABSTRACT
The dangers of overexposure to sunlight have been well publicized, but less attention has been given to an acknowledged benefit of exposure to UV radiation; that being the cutaneous synthesis of vitamin D3. Here we define a standard vitamin D dose on the basis of recently recommended requirements for vitamin D that take account of its risk reduction role in a variety of diseases, and present a web-based tool that enables the reader to calculate associated exposure times for any time and place using either default values or user-selected conditions. Either it is not possible to synthesize vitamin D3 at high latitudes in winter, or the exposure time required to reach a standard dose ...
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