1. Sun ultraviolet radiation in Ibarra, Ecuador and its relation to vitamin D synthesis
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Paola P. Echeverría Ortíz, Graciela Marisa Salum, Rubén D. Piacentini, Gandhi F. Villalba Meneses, and Jackeline P. Pereira Carillo
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Sunlight ,0303 health sciences ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Epidemiology ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Phototype ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Infectious Diseases ,Geography ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Vitamin D supplement ,Vitamin D synthesis ,Time range ,Ultraviolet radiation ,030304 developmental biology ,Biotechnology ,Demography - Abstract
In the present work, we determined the necessary time to unchain the synthesis of vitamin D for a phototype II skin in Ibarra, Ecuador In a specific sky situation, the range of exposure time at Sun radiation is 4 to 6 minutes depending on the month of the year, but with clouds, it is needed about 70% more exposure time This time range is easily reached in normal conditions, but during a lockdown period, as in pandemic situations like the COVID 19 one or for people that need to live, work or study inside, if they are exposed to the direct Sun for the minutes indicated above, they will have a natural vitamin D supplement that will improve its health © New Testament Society of Southern Africa
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- 2020
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