The phrase "as a contributing cause" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing factors that play a role in bringing about a particular outcome or event.
Example: "The researchers identified several factors, including poor diet and lack of exercise, as a contributing cause to the rise in obesity rates."
Alternatives: "as a factor" or "as a contributing factor".
Why, then, are so many fingers pointed at fighting as a contributing cause?
Others, like Siebel Systems and PeopleSoft, which sell expensive software to corporate customers, cited the war as a contributing cause.
The coroner ruled that Mr. Bogenberger's cause of death was cardiac arrhythmia, with alcohol intoxication as a contributing cause.
(Russia isn't sure whether it wants to join or sulk; negotiations continue).Mr Mead doesn't mention American stagnation as a contributing cause of the end of the trilateral era, but come on!
In discussions about why the world is suddenly confronted with a food crisis, David Rieff ("The struggle for daily bread," Views, Oct. 15) and Asit Biswas and Leong Ching ("That crooked carrot is also food," Views, Oct. 15) have overlooked as a contributing cause the agricultural policies of China, a country that needs to feed 20 percent of the world's population.
Biomechanical strategies to decelerate the body in the vertical direction have been implicated as a contributing cause.
Impaired social functioning may be a contributing cause as well as an effect of depression in individuals with TRD.
For deaths, we included all records in which acute gastroenteritis was listed as an underlying or a contributing cause.
We estimated the number of deaths caused by acute gastroenteritis by using multiple cause-of-death data from the National Vital Statistics System (2000 2006) (17, 17 ) when acute gastroenteritis was listed as the underlying or a contributing cause.
Hepatitis C virus was listed as a discharge diagnosis in 39% (56 out of 145) of HCC admissions, and as the underlying or a contributing cause in 41% (11 out of 27) of deaths with first-time mention of HCC.
ALS was recorded on the death certificate as either an underlying or a contributing cause of death, for 93 of the 100 cases (93%) for whom we had information on date and cause of death.
