| Title |
Pigmentation and Vitamin D Metabolism in Caucasians: Low Vitamin D Serum Levels in Fair Skin Types in the UK
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0006477 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Daniel Glass, Marko Lens, Ramasamyiyer Swaminathan, Tim D. Spector, Veronique Bataille |
| Abstract |
Vitamin D may play a protective role in many diseases. Public health messages are advocating sun avoidance to reduce skin cancer risk but the potential deleterious effects of these recommendations for vitamin D metabolism have been poorly investigated. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
| Germany | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 98 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 3% |
| Australia | 2 | 2% |
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| South Africa | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 91 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 17 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 13% |
| Researcher | 13 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 8% |
| Other | 20 | 20% |
| Unknown | 16 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 40 | 41% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 19% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 4% |
| Chemistry | 3 | 3% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 11 | 11% |
| Unknown | 19 | 19% |