Ethnic and Environmental Influence on Vitamin D Requirement in Military Personnel

Abstract

The purposes of this study are to provide quantitative estimates of 1) the effective amount of vitamin D produced in the skin as a function of skin pigmentation; and 2) the rate of utilization of vitamin D as a function of ethnicity. The outcome will be estimates of the amount of vitamin D that must be given orally to military personnel of different races and in different assigned locations so as to ensure and maintain normal vitamin D status. In the first 15 months' work (the period covered by this report), we have accumulated about 50% of the targeted measurements for both objectives, in a racially diverse sample. No quantitative results will be available until all the measurements have been made and analyzed as a unit.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA421022

Entities

People

  • Robert P. Heaney

Organizations

  • Creighton University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • African Americans
  • Biomedical Research
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Clothing
  • Electronic Mail
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Information Operations
  • Measurement
  • Military Personnel
  • Minority Groups
  • Personnel Management
  • Recruits
  • Skin Physiology
  • Sun
  • Vitamin D

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