The phrase "affecting a broader range" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the impact or influence of something that extends to a wider variety of subjects, areas, or groups.
Example: "The new policy is affecting a broader range of employees than initially anticipated."
Alternatives: "impacting a wider scope" or "influencing a larger spectrum."
Long a multibillion-dollar industry in their own right, video and computer games are now affecting a broad range of businesses.
In May, the National Academies of Science reported to Congress that "the U.S. should act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and develop a national strategy to adapt to the inevitable impacts of climate change," because global warming is "caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for — and in many cases is already affecting — a broad range of human and natural systems".
A 2010 report from the National Academy of Sciences found, for instance, that "climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for — and in many cases is already affecting — a broad range of human and natural systems".
The mature microsclerotia can disperse in the environment as persistent infective propagules, affecting a broad range of herbaceous and woody hosts [ 13].
Maize (Zea mays L). has a long history of genetic research, and consequently a diverse collection of mutations affecting a broad range of biological processes has accumulated (Neuffer et al., 1997).
Drosophila has emerged as an important model for examining the function of genes that are relevant to diverse human diseases affecting a broad range of cell types (for reviews, see Bier, 2005; Bier and McGinnis, 2008).
Pleiotropic effects were less evident in the o7 mutant, but severe in the o2 and o2o7 backgrounds, with large changes in gene expression patterns, affecting a broad range of kernel-expressed genes.
By analogy to the extensive literature on mutators (and antimutators) in bacteria and yeast, mutations affecting a broad range of processes that impinge on the mutation rate could be responsible for the extensive variation in mitochondrial mutation rates in Geraniaceae.
Brucellosis, caused by Brucella melitensis, is a disease that can progress as an acute or chronic infection affecting a broad range of tissues; hence it represents another case in which the use of BPI has the potential to make important contributions to our understanding of the infection.
