alleryStart learning →Sailors on long voyages without fresh fruit used to get scurvy. Which vitamin were they missing?
AVitamin D
BVitamin C
CVitamin A
DVitamin K
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Vitamin C
Lack of vitamin C causes scurvy.
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