The phrase "attributed approximately" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the estimated origin or source of a particular idea, work, or statement.
Example: "The painting is attributed approximately to the late 18th century, reflecting the artistic styles of that period."
Alternatives: "estimated to be from" or "credited roughly to".
Previous studies attributed approximately 60% of the chemosensory response to these neurons.
The WHO (2009) attributed approximately 2.4 million deaths in China in 2004 to environmental causes.
The model attributed approximately 2%% of cough illness to pertussis, with the remaining episodes of cough illness caused by other health conditions.
The Scottish model attributed approximately 40% of the total fall in CHD mortality to improved uptakes of medical treatments, compared with 50% in England.
This contrasts with our findings from Bangladesh, which attributed approximately one-quarter of deaths to asphyxia and a much higher proportion to infections.
This study, in the Dhading district, attributed approximately 50% of ALRI in children < 5 years of age to household use of solid fuel-burning stoves (Dhimal et al. 2010).
Preliminary models attribute approximately half the excess heat flow in the Namaqua-Natal Mobile Belt to crustal radioactivity, and the rest to a higher heat flux across the Moho (Jones 1993).
WHO attributes approximately 3 million deaths a year from NCDs to inadequate consumption of fruit and vegetables (39).
The World Health Organization (WHO) attributes approximately four million deaths annually to tobacco consumption, and this estimate is expected to increase to eight million by the year 2030 [ 2].
Tu and Weissman predict Ero1p-produced ROS that is one-to-one with disulfide bond formation could attribute approximately 25% of cellular ROS to the secretory pathway [ 1].
The WHO also attributes approximately six million deaths per year to tobacco, and this is expected to rise to around ten million per year by 2030 [ 6].
