Mesh term Causality
Browse to parent terms:Epidemiologic Factors
Description
The relating of causes to the effects they produce. Causes are termed necessary when they must always precede an effect and sufficient when they initiate or produce an effect. Any of several factors may be associated with the potential disease causation or outcome, including predisposing factors, enabling factors, precipitating factors, reinforcing factors, and risk factors.Browse to child terms:
Precipitating Factors
Protective Factors
Risk Factors
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