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Discover LudwigThe phrase "attributable cause" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are identifying a reason or factor that can be linked to a particular outcome or effect.
Example: "The study aimed to determine the attributable cause of the increase in respiratory illnesses in the region."
Alternatives: "assignable reason" or "linked cause".
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Over one-third of older people have more than one attributable cause (Kurbaan et al 2003).
Currently, COPD is the attributable cause of death for more than 120,000 deaths per year.
3 The latter is the most common attributable cause of cardiovascular death and disability.
Crude mortality rate at 6 months was 64.2% while CDI attributable cause was 11.3%.
When more than one attributable cause of AKI was identified the etiology of AKI was considered multifactorial.
One-third of older people have more than one possible attributable cause to their symptoms (Kurbaan et al 2003).
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To detect possible reasons for mortality of critical patients transferred from the ICU to the hospital wards and to analyze the possible attributable causes for such mortality.
Deficiency of essential micronutrients is one of the commonest attributable causes [5], [6].
Attributable causes included: IN treatment, improper monitoring frequency (MF), interruption of feeding (FE), and spontaneous (SP).
Estimation of attributable causes of cancer was made through the proportion of cancers in the total population that was attributable to a specific risk factor.
Estimation of the attributable causes of cancers was performed by calculating the proportion of specific cancers occurring in China in 2005 attributable to specific risk factors.
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