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Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by dralley on Thursday September 03, 2020 @08:50PM (#24370666)
Given that sunburn is a response to cellular damage of your skin cells, why would it be the case that the two are de-coupled w/r/t UVA and UVB?
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Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by graeme on Thursday September 03, 2020 @09:01PM (#24370725)
Actually, it seems I was wrong. I thought it was just UVA, but uvb also causes melanoma.

I’d delete the above comment if I could. The main point that you can get vitamin d from short exposure without sunburn is correct, but I was incorrect on the risk. But he fact I was wrong about uvb and melanoma also makes me think I may be incorrect on the risk of uva during periods without uvb.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoma#UV_radiation

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