The phrase "attributed to swelling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are explaining the cause or reason for something, particularly in medical or scientific discussions.
Example: "The discomfort in her knee was attributed to swelling from the recent injury."
Alternatives: "caused by swelling" or "due to swelling".
The variational water absorbencies were attributed to swelling theory based on the hydrogel physical and chemical structure.
Lower performance in MeOH may be attributed to swelling of the sealing gaskets in methanol, leading to increased interfacial resistances over time.
This could be attributed to swelling during the treatment by Mn2+ ions and formation of manganese hydroxides precipitates on the clay surface.
Other studies have suggested that experimentally observed changes in "crack-damage" stress threshold for CO2 exposed coal can be attributed to swelling induced by CO2 adsorption (Mehic et al. 2006).
The remaining compressive load, in the order of 0.1 N, was attributed to swelling of the cartilage.
Intrinsic optical signals (IOSs) induced by synaptic stimulation and moderate hypotonic swelling in brain tissue slices consist of reduced light scattering and are usually attributed to cell swelling.
There was a pronounced increase in shear viscosity upon heating, which was attributed to the swelling of the starch granules leading to a close-packed particle suspension.
We show that the mechanical property reduction can be attributed to polymer swelling and explain these observations in the context of the Hildebrand solubility and Flory–Huggins interaction parameters.
Lower areal PCE recovery at greater dip angles in either direction of flow was attributed to DNAPL swelling and migration, flood front instabilities and bypassing of the displaced fluid past the extraction wells during the alcohol pre-flood.
Feeding diets rich in soluble DF reduce the physical activity of sows and these satiating properties could be attributed to increased swelling and WBC in the stomach, which in turn delayed the gastric emptying rate of the liquid phase of gastric content.
The inflicting damage is mainly attributed to clay swelling and fines migration.
