The phrase "absence contributed to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that the lack of something played a role in causing a particular outcome or effect.
Example: "The absence of clear communication contributed to the project's failure."
Alternatives: "lack led to" or "void resulted in".
His absence contributed to the Jaguars finishing 20th in the league in sacks.
In the short term, their absence contributed to peace, but their influence abroad gave the Irish question an international dimension.
The 1977 reemergence of the A/H1N1 influenza virus after decades of absence contributed to seasonal influenza for three decades.
Perhaps that absence contributed to my son's difficulties.
To what extent the officer's absence contributed to the situation at Taft Union will never be known.
Indeed, URT1 (UTP RNA uridylyl transferase 1) was shown to uridylate oligo(A -tailed mRNA -tailedo and its absence contributed to the degradation of oligoadenylated mRNAs hinhlighting a new role of uridylation in mRNA stabilization.
Chris Bober has played center in Zeigler's absence, contributing to the solid play of the offensive line.
He may consider such unfortunate realities to be beyond the scope of a constitutional study, yet their absence contributes to the conclusion that this is a scholar's speculative vision rather than a practical program.
It has become increasingly clear that both nTregs and iTregs contribute to immune regulation in the periphery and that their presence, or absence, contributes to the induction of tolerance and the development of autoimmunity and inflammation, respectively.
Thus, p21 is downstream of HGF and may mediate its function in maintaining the tubular (and hence non-cystic) phenotype [ 15], such that its absence contributes to cyst formation.
Since Frataxin is responsible for preventing the formation of ROS, its absence contributes to the development of a wide range of neurological disorders such as Alzheimer, Parkinson and Huntington disease.
