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VITAMIN D: IMPORTANT TO BONE HEALTH AND BEYOND 521
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Image Credits:
• Figure 9.11. “The Functions of Vitamin D” by Allison Calabrese is licensed under CC
BY 4.0
• Figure 9.12. “Dietary sources of vitamin D” by Alice Callahan is licensed under CC
BY 4.0, with images: milk by Eiliv-Sonas Aceron on Unsplash (license information);
salmon by Caroline Attwood on Unsplash (license information); white mushrooms