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What is the role of vitamin D in human health, and how it is related to skin color?
 
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Something used to make payments for other goods and services as well as to measure their value is called:
 
  a. money.
  b. credit.
  c. prestige.
  d. barter.
  e. silent trade.


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Reply #1 on: Aug 11, 2018
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Vitamin D maintains the balance of calcium in the body for healthy bones and balance in the nervous system. Sunshine is required to stimulate the body's production of vitamin D. Darker skin types in northern latitudes must enhance their exposure to the sun because it can interfere with this process.

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