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Prenatal exposure to vitamin D is thought to be critical for optimal fetal neurodevelopment, yet vitamin D deficiency is apparent in a growing proportion of...

The prevalence of multiple sclerosis follows a latitude gradient, with increased disease at higher latitudes.

Background: Epidemiological evidence shows that people with thicker, or higher stage, melanomas have lower vitamin D status compared to those with thinner...

There are indications that risk factors for BCC may differ according to the anatomic site of the tumour but this is not well understood.

Adults living in the sunny Australian climate are at high risk of skin cancer, but vitamin D deficiency (defined here as a serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D...

The dramatic rise in early childhood allergic diseases indicates the specific vulnerability of the immune system to early life environmental changes.

Sun exposure is associated with several ophthalmic diseases, including pterygium which may develop in adolescence.

Birth cohort studies provide an invaluable resource for studies of the influence of the fetal environment on health in later life.

This review highlights significant gaps in research pertaining to sun exposure and type 2 diabetes mellitus related outcomes

Season and latitude modify the relationship between ambient ultraviolet radiation and personal ultraviolet radiation exposure