Traditionally living populations in East Africa have a mean serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration of 115 nmol/l

Cutaneous synthesis of vitamin D by exposure to UVB is the principal source of vitamin D in the human body. Our current clothing habits and reduced time spent outdoors put us at risk of many insufficiency-related diseases that are associated with calcaemic and non-calcaemic functions of vitamin D. P...

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Published in:	British journal of nutrition Vol. 108; no. 9; pp. 1557 - 1561
Main Authors:	Luxwolda, Martine F., Kuipers, Remko S., Kema, Ido P., Janneke Dijck-Brouwer, D. A., Muskiet, Frits A. J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 14.11.2012
Subjects:	25-Hydroxyvitamin D 2 - blood Adolescent Adult African Continental Ancestry Group Aged blood serum body mass index Calcifediol - blood calcium Developing Countries direct contact Female Homeostasis Humans Life Style - ethnology lifestyle Liquid chromatography Male males Middle Aged Nutrition research Nutritional Requirements people risk Rural Health - ethnology Short Communication Skin Pigmentation solar radiation Sunlight Tanzania Tanzania - epidemiology Vitamin D Vitamin D Deficiency - blood Vitamin D Deficiency - epidemiology Vitamin D Deficiency - ethnology Vitamin D Deficiency - prevention & control vitamin status Young Adult Tanzania East Africa Evolution Hadzabe Maasai 25-Hydroxyvitamin D
ISSN:	0007-1145, 1475-2662, 1475-2662
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