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.
D
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