The symptoms can be falsely attributed to growing pains, sports injuries or (sometimes) drug abuse.
Researchers initially attributed the growing number of cases to greater public awareness and better diagnoses.
In a 2008 government survey, two-thirds of parents attributed the growing role of juku to shortcomings in public education.
He attributed the growing number of women to the "caring factor" that in years past was more typically parlayed into careers like nursing or social work.
Much of the increase can be attributed to growing awareness of the list, Mr. Mills said, but some of it is simply the result of growth.
Susan Stone, the owner of Savannah, the stylish Santa Monica shop where Mr. Parkinson has developed a following, attributed his growing success to the fact that his clothes are, "if not one of a kind, then close to it".
This has largely been attributed to growing discount retailers such as Aldi and Lidl carrying far fewer Fairtrade lines than declining supermarkets like Sainsbury's and the Co-op.
She attributed the growing number of attacks in the Gulf of Guinea in part to legal difficulties limiting the presence of armed guards on ships in territorial waters, where most piracy and armed robbery of ships takes place.
In many cases delays can be attributed to growing pains at a particular airport.
Its importance can be attributed to growing scarcity of natural resources, increased processing costs for virgin materials (such as mining iron ore for steel manufacturing), and environmental legislation to make manufacturers more responsible with regard to waste disposal.
