Urban Tropospheric Ozone Increases the Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency among Belgian Postmenopausal Women with Outdoor Activities during Summer.
Context: By absorbing sunlight UVB and thereby reducing cutaneous vitamin D photosynthesis, ozone, a common urban pollutant, could cause hypovitaminosis D. Objectives: To establish the characteristics and percentage of subjects with serum 25-hydroxyvitamin-D (25(OH)D)<75 nmol/L among postmenopausal women engaging in outdoor activities either in Brussels or in the countryside. Design/Setting: Cross-sectional study conducted in a university research hospital. Patients/Methods: Among 249 women consulting for either shoulder tendonitis or lumbar spine osteoarthritis, 121 free of conditions and... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2008 |
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Oxford University Press
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Schlagwörter: | Vitamin D Deficiency / Vitamin D / Sunlight / Seasons / Prevalence / Postmenopause / Parathyroid Hormone / Ozone / Motor Activity / Middle Aged / Humans / Femur Neck / Female / Cities / Bone Density / Belgium / Atmosphere / Aged / 80 and over |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26981937 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/14125 |