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The increase of vitamin D3 production is one of the traditional therapeutical aims of heliotherapy, but studies up to the present only found an increase of vitamin D 3 synthesis by artificial UVB radiation (e.g. Falkenbach et al. 1994).
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Schuh, A. (1999). Parameters of Bone Metabolism -in Particular Vitamin D3 Level-in Serum of Patients with Osteoporosis after Treatment with Natural Sunlight (in Highlands, High Mountain Area and on the Sea) after Artificial UVB Radiation. In: Holick, M.F., Jung, E.G. (eds) Biologic Effects of Light 1998. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5051-8_25
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