The phrase "a dominant cause" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the primary factor or reason behind a particular outcome or phenomenon.
Example: "In the study of climate change, carbon emissions are identified as a dominant cause of global warming."
Alternatives: "a primary factor" or "a leading cause".
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are a dominant cause to long-term sick leave and early retirement.
While those factors are in play, Norton said that nothing's been proven yet as a dominant cause.
Thermally activated time-dependent (viscoplastic) deformation is a dominant cause of surface and interface thermal fracture in thick thermal barrier coatings (TBC).
In tunnels, a 'piston effect' appears to have been a dominant cause of the increases in the peak gust magnitudes, as well as prolonged winds occurring before and after the train passed the probes.
Having served as a Marine rifle platoon commander in Vietnam, and as a keen observer of our roles in Iraq and Afghanistan, I believe that a dominant cause of emotional difficulties in combat has directly to do with an unclear mission, as we have witnessed in all three conflicts.
Geomagnetic activity might even be a dominant cause of ionospheric trends in the past.
Recently, de novo SCN8A missense mutations have been identified as a rare dominant cause of epileptic encephalopathies (EIEE13).
A single dominant cause of exercise intolerance was not identified, though several hypothesized dysfunctions each led to variable decreases in performance.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an increasingly dominant cause of liver disease worldwide.
Loss-of-function mutations in progranulin (GRN), a secreted glycoprotein expressed by neurons and microglia, are a common autosomal dominant cause of frontotemporal dementia, a neurodegenerative disease commonly characterized by disrupted social and emotional behaviour.
This shift is the dominant cause of a gap of order 2Δ.
