Licht-im-Terrarium: Literaturdatenbank
Licht-im-Terrarium: Literaturdatenbank |
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Devgun, M. S., Cruickshank, A. J. M., Johnson, B. E., & Paterson, C. R. (1988). Commercially available sun lamps and vitamin d formation. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 57, 159–163. Added by: Sarina (2011-03-11 13:32:59) |
| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Devgun1988 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: Englisch = English Keywords: Lampen = Lamps, Vitamin D = Vitamin D Creators: Cruickshank, Devgun, Johnson, Paterson Collection: Postgraduate Medical Journal |
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Four commercially available, medium pressure mercury sun lamps were used to assess their effects on promoting vitamin D synthesis in the skin. It was found that all the lamps studied had vitamin D synthesizing spectral wavelengths and caused an increase in the serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D. However, the ultraviolet and visible irradiance measurements showed that a considerable proportion of the ultraviolet radiation was below 290 nm. It was not surprising, therefore, to find that these lamps caused adverse skin reactions. While a useful rise in vitamin D production can be obtained with these sun lamps, the difficulty involved in avoiding skin reaction limits their usefulness. Such lamps are unlikely to provide a safe practical routine method for the prevention of vitamin D deficiency in the home.
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