The nutrient value that prevents deficiencies in 98% of the population is the:

a. Estimated average requirement.
b. Recommended dietary allowance.
c. Adequate intake.
d. Tolerable upper intake level.

b.Recommended dietary allowance.

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Your paramedic partner states that he needs to start an IV solution of "sugar water" on a diabetic patient. You would assist her by obtaining what solution?

A) 0.9% normal saline B) Lactated ringers C) Sodium chloride solution D) 5% dextrose in water (D5W)

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Besides chromosomes and genes, the other biological factor that may determine whether one is attracted to the members of the opposite, or one's own, sex is:

A. whether the mother ate meat during pregnancy. B. early childhood experiences. C. whether the mother smoked or drank during pregnancy. D. whether the child was raised by lesbian or gay parents. E. exposure to sex hormones during gestation as a fetus.

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