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  • Vitamin D, sun, sunbeds and health

  • Johan Moan, Zivile Baturaite, Asta Juzeniene, Alina Carmen Porojnicu
  • Journal:
    Public Health Nutrition / Volume 15 / Issue 4 / 01 March 2012
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    24 October 2011, pp. 711-715
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  • Objective

    To review the health effects of solar radiation, sunbeds and vitamin D.

    Design

    The literature was searched in the electronic database MEDLINE to indentify published data between 1981 and 2011. Studies were included if they reported relative risk for cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) associated with sunbed use, vitamin D and UV effects on human health.

    Setting

    Data from different time periods for populations at different latitudes.

    Subjects

    Persons of different ages and ethnic groups.

    Results

    UV from sun and sunbeds is the main vitamin D source. Young people with white or pigmented skin in northern Europe have a low vitamin D status. A number of health benefits from sufficient levels of vitamin D have been identified. However, UV exposure has been suspected of causing skin cancer, notably CMM, and authorities warn against it.

    Conclusions

    The overall health benefit of an improved vitamin D status may be more important than the possibly increased CMM risk resulting from carefully increasing UV exposure. Important scientific facts behind this judgement are given.