The phrase "as a factor causing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the reasons or influences behind a particular outcome or situation.
Example: "The researchers identified several variables as a factor causing the decline in bee populations."
Alternatives: "as a contributing factor" or "as a reason for".
Brodsky et al. (2003) suggested a pore-cleaning effect of dynamic strain changes as a factor causing earthquake-related persistent groundwater level changes.
Insulin resistance in muscle would appear to act as a long-term promotor of the diabetic state (Fig. 6) rather than as a factor causing ambient hyperglycaemia.
Pollution not only contributes to acute exacerbations of asthma, but has also been implicated as a factor causing new cases of asthma (McConnell et al. 2002).
The use of an incentive to encourage students to complete online surveys is common practice (Berk, 2006) and was not viewed by us as a factor causing bias in student responses.
We cannot formally exclude altered mRNA stability as a factor causing the observed changes in mRNA levels, but it would be difficult to explain how the stability of relatively few transcripts could be altered in a selective fashion.
Our synthesis and cost benefit analysis contribute to prior research by shedding light on the role of tie heterogeneity as a driver of tie creation as opposed to a factor causing firm-level outcomes.
Instead of producing toxoflavin, B. plantarii is known to produce tropolone as a phytotoxin and as a virulence factor causing seedling blight.
More importantly, as irradiation of the uterus is regarded as a definitive factor causing sterility, it is likely that women planned for similar treatments to ours, are systematically excluded from programs for fertility preservation.
Out of the parameters referring to diabetes, only hypoglycemia within 3 months prior to the research appeared as an important factor causing an almost sevenfold, statistically significant increase of the risk of choosing nTOS (Table 1).
"The impact of the dollar as a competitive factor causing real harm has been the subject of discussions for the last three or four months," he said.
In 2009, the Department of Homeland Security issued a report on the rise of white supremacist and violent anti-government groups in the U.S., citing technology as a leading factor causing these groups to proliferate.
