ONE OF THE RISK GROUPS FOR VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY: HEALTH WORKERS

VARKAL M. A., Yildiz I., Saygilp S., YILDIZ M., KILIÇ A., DARENDELİLER F. F., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.78, sa.2, ss.41-45, 2015 (ESCI, TRDizin) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 78 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.41-45
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Vitamin D, Health workers, indoor environment, 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D LEVELS
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Objective: Vitamin D is an essential hormone in calcium, phosphor and bone metabolism. Skin synthesizes great amount of vitamin D in sun light, it can also be taken by diet. Vitamin D deficiency may occur in settings with low sunlight exposure. Medical personal are under risk for vitamin D deficiency, especially who works at night shifts and in low sun-exposed buildings. Our aim was to determine vitamin D levels of medical personal and evaluate effect of working time and place on vitamin D levels.