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Old 01-16-2008, 09:11 PM
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Default Artificial light and vitamin d

Are there any artificial light sources which can stimulate production of vitamin d? Do the uv shields in metal halide fixtures (I have a pair of aquarium hqi fixtures with tempered glass uv shields) block all uv light - including near-uv? What about near-uv leds?
I'm wondering about lights situated over a desk as opposed to a tanning bed type arrangment.
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Old 01-16-2008, 10:26 PM
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Default Re: Artificial light and vitamin d

"Several artificial light sources are commercially available that provide the proper wavelength for vitamin D production. Sperti makes a good UVB lamp and even has data available on the vitamin D production of its sunlamps."

http://www.vitamindcouncil.com/treatment.shtml

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