Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency during the summer and its relationship with sun exposure and skin phototype in elderly men living in the tropics

Marcelo Azevedo Cabral1 Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Pernambuco Medical School, Recife, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]

Carla Núbia Borges1 Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Pernambuco Medical School, Recife, Brazil

Juliana Maria Coelho Maia1 Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Pernambuco Medical School, Recife, Brazil

Caio Augusto Martins Aires2 Department of Biomedicine, University of Pernambuco Medical School, Recife, Brazil

Francisco Bandeira3 Division of Endocrinology, University of Pernambuco Medical School, Recife, Brazil

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