But it is a definite risk factor.
"Big babies are a definite risk factor; a rapid second stage of labour is a risk factor.
"In addition to infections and trauma, tumors are a definite risk for homosexual men," the report stated.
Insertion of percutaneous hemodialysis catheters is an invasive procedure with a small but definite risk of morbidity and mortality.
Driving while talking on a phone is a definite risk, but you're better off worrying about other cars rather than cancer.
In the meantime, do you want the small risk of a small risk, or the definite risk of measles, which kills, blinds, and causes brain damage?
Though regular blood transfusion improves the overall survival of patients with β-thalassemia, it carries a definite risk of infection with blood-borne viruses.
Kramer suggested one probable explanation: diagnosing the spots picked up by X-ray often requires surgery, which carries a small but definite risk.
Its residues are long persistent in soil, on foodstuffs, and on surfaces to which it may be applied, yet it is also quite volatile, and poisoning by inhalation is a definite risk to anyone handling it or exposed to it.
The Corvids alone will be enough of a threat, but if they can persuade the pigeons and seagulls to join them (and with their smarts, that's a definite risk) then we'll be overwhelmed within hours.
Some asphalts have been found in some laboratory studies to be carcinogenic in animals, but asphalt is described as a potential occupational carcinogen, not a definite risk for humans.
