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beccaep

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Newborn infants receive a single injection of vitamin K at birth because
 
  A) newborns cannot absorb any of the vitamin K from breast milk or formula.
  B) the trauma of labor and delivery depletes the newborn's vitamin K stores.
  C) breast milk is a poor source of vitamin K.
  D) newborns do not have enough bacteria in their small intestine to make vitamin K.

Question 2

The first B-vitamin discovered was
 
  A) folate. B) thiamin. C) vitamin B12. D) niacin.


Brummell1998

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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

B



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