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Discover LudwigThe term 'causative link' is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a cause-and-effect relationship between two things. For example, "The lack of job opportunities was the causative link behind the recent increase in crime rate in the city."
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The associations reported in this paper do not prove or imply a causative link; and paradoxically agents that might cause gastrointestinal haemorrhage were not associated with greater degrees of iron deficiency.
This led the IARC to classify shift work in category two on the list of causes of cancer, that is, as a 'probable causative link'.
More importantly, these animal studies have been supported by concurrent clinical data showing that blood-brain barrier disruption (BBBD) causes seizures in human subjects [4] and that BBBD has a causative link with post-traumatic epilepsy [3].
Of course, the absence of evidence of a causative link is not evidence of its absence.
While no causative link has been identified, many neurological findings have been noted in the examination of schizophrenic patients.
But surely those of us in the reality-based community can at least agree this much: the media's causative link with massacres is rather slighter than that of lunatics having such easy access to the weaponry of their choice.
Although a large body of evidence supports a causative link between oxidative stress and neurodegeneration, the mechanisms are still elusive.
Therefore, we do not assign a completely causative link to high school biology and acceptance of evolutionary theory.
Preoperative assessment of neurocognitive function and risk factor identification is imperative in order to ascertain the true extent of POCD and any causative link to anaesthesia and surgery.
A causative link between enhanced glutamate release and facilitation of CSD, induced by brief pulses of high K+, has been reported in mouse models of CSD [48 51].
Using an in vitro model of CSD [59], a causative link between enhanced glutamate release and CSD facilitation has been shown.
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