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For a study assessing the contribution of skin pigmentation, sun exposure, and diet to vitamin D status, graduate student Melissa Zerofsky uses a reflectance spectrophotometer to measure a volunteer’s skin pigmentation at the ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center in Davis, California.
Photo by Peggy Greb.
