The phrase "a potential causation of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing possible causes or factors that may lead to a particular effect or outcome.
Example: "The researchers are investigating a potential causation of the observed increase in health issues among the population."
Alternatives: "a possible cause of" or "a potential factor in".
Temporal relation, association, and environmental and population equivalence suffice for a verdict of potential causation.
There is a growing realisation that geographical techniques can be used in cross-disciplinary approaches to gain an understanding of potential causation factors associated with such events.
Determining exposure at the level of the group rather than the individual risks the "ecologic fallacy" of assigning potential causation to one factor when in fact another, unmeasured factor is actually responsible.
Likewise, significant but non-confounding results for social structure covariates could illustrate potential fundamental causation of chronic inflammation by different types of disadvantage in social status and position.
Third, reverse causation remains a potential source of bias in studies of type 2 diabetes, which has a long subclinical phase.
It was included as a potential cause of headache, but with strict criteria that proves causation according to the 2013 beta version of IHS classification [ 23].
Figure 1 shows a potential schema based on possible causation and presentation of chronic facial pain.
Aortic stiffness itself has a potential etiologic role in the causation and progression of renal dysfunction (30– 32), because loss of the damping of ventricular ejection in the stiffened aortae could lead to an increase in the transmission of these pressure changes to the renal microcirculation.
Given the critical nature of the role of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in the causation of cervical cancer, a potential screening strategy is to perform primary testing for infection with high risk types of HPV.
These findings were only suggestive of a potential association between cytokines and cognitive function, and the identified associations did not equate with causation.
