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Answer
A lack of vitamin A causes night blindness and it is found in carrots and fish liver oil. A lack of vitamin C causes scurvy and it is found in citrus fruits and amla. A lack of vitamin D causes rickets in children and it is found in fish liver oil and is made in the skin in sunlight.
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