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UVB-emitting cloth to prevent low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D caused by clothing

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Fig. 1: Mean plasma 25(OH)D in 60 subjects during short-term treatment with vitamin D2 or D3 or with 25-hydroxyvitamin D as indicated by the daily intakes shown at the right of the figure.

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Vieth, R. UVB-emitting cloth to prevent low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D caused by clothing. Eur J Clin Nutr 77, 405–406 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-022-01253-9

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