The phrase "a specific association between" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a particular relationship or connection between two or more entities, concepts, or variables.
Example: "The study aims to identify a specific association between diet and mental health outcomes."
Alternatives: "a distinct link between" or "a particular relationship between".
Results: Fewer than 1 in 12 patients surveyed (7.9%) were aware of a specific association between folic acid intake and the prevention of neural tube defects.
There have been several reports of a specific association between cryptococcal infection and sarcoidosis [8 10].
Romanello et al. found [49] a specific association between migraine and infantile colic, suggesting a common pathophysiology of migraine and infantile colic.
This is the first time that a specific association between LAB and yeasts is reported, during the maize bran fermentation process.
A specific association between spectrin and the inner surface of the human erythrocyte membrane has been examined by measuring the binding of purified [32P]spectrin to inside out, spectrin-depleted vesicles and to right side out ghost vesicles.
Accordingly, in a case control study, it was recently observed that not only there is a general relationship between recurrent headache and depression, but also a specific association between depression and migraine with aura [30].
We tested whether a specific association exists between T417+ Elk-1 and inclusions in another major neurodegenerative disease.
These results further support the notion that a specific association mode between the two plexin monomers is required for the optimal dimerization-induced activation (Wang et al., 2012).
Among individuals with amnestic MCI, a specific association was identified between non-verbal learning and recall performance and bilateral hippocampal volumes.
Comparison with present finding of genospecies composition in ticks feeding on birds support the notion of a genospecies specific association between birds and B. garinii, and an elimination of B. afzelii infections.
A time-series analysis of daily deaths in Seoul, South Korea, found a relatively specific association between PM10 and total and respiratory mortality in the postneonatal period; the RRs per 10 μg/m were 1.03 (1.02–1.04) and 1.18 (1.14–1.21), respectively (Ha et al. 2003).
