‘Sunshine vitamin deficiency’ – A myth or a fact?


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Original Article

Author :

Tirthal Rai, Srinidhi Rai, Janice, P. Kathyayani

Volume :

5

Issue :

1

Abstract :

As we live in a country with abundant sunshine the prevalence of this sunshine vitamin deficiency is around 70-100%. Minimum thirty minutes of UV B ray exposure causes the production of 600-1000IU of vitamin D in our body. The cut off values for 25-OH vitamin D deficiency is

Keyword :

 Hours of exposure and deficiency, Manual labourers, Office workers, Vitamin D.