Background Solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation varies with latitude, time of day, and season.
Both spectral UV composition and ambient UV dose lead to different health outcomes at …

Most of the population receive their nutritional vitamin D requirements through exposure to
solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation, with cutaneous synthesis estimated to provide 80–100% of …

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) convened an international group of scientific experts
to review three Agency-funded projects commissioned to provide evidence for the relative …

We use action spectra published by the International Commission on Illumination to
examine diurnal, seasonal and latitudinal variations in erythemally weighted (sunburning) …

We present a novel method to calculate vitamin D3–weighted exposure by integrating the
incident solar spectral radiance over all relevant parts of the human body. Earlier …

Vitamin D sufficiency is required for optimal health. The conditions with strong evidence for a
protective effect of vitamin D include several bone diseases, muscle weakness, more than a …

Vitamin D synthesis by exposure of skin to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) provides the
majority of this hormone that is essential for bone development and maintenance but may be …

The ultraviolet radiation index (UVI) was adopted internationally to raise awareness about
and encourage the public to protect their skin from skin cancer. The current paper is a …

Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure is well established as the major environmental risk
factor for the development of melanoma, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC), and …

Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is part of the electromagnetic spectrum emitted naturally from the
sun or from artificial sources such as tanning devices. Acute skin reactions induced by UVR …