Female carers and those with a history of psychiatric morbidity are more vulnerable, as are those who take a more negative view of the patient's illness and its impact on their lives.
"Part of what we've got to do is to make sure that this model works but it doesn't make our guys more vulnerable". As recently as last week, the defence secretary, Leon Panetta, called such attacks "sporadic" and a sign of Taliban desperation.
Similarly the determinants of cardiovascular health include both long-term determinants that make the individual more vulnerable, as well as short-time stressors [54 56], making it important to examine effects with a different time lag.
With ionizing radiation-induced ALL, children [ 11] or young mice [ 12] are more vulnerable, as are young post-adolescent females with respect to irradiation-induced breast cancer [ 13].
Children may be more vulnerable, as might those who have chronic kidney problems, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, or certain bone diseases, or who are on protein-deficient diets or drink alcohol heavily.
They seem to get more vulnerable as they train harder.
Moscow may have beaten Washington into space, but Americans were hardly more vulnerable as a result.
The offshore sector is more vulnerable, as it is much more difficult to protect.
Israel traded land buffers for promises and is now more vulnerable as a result.
The networks are more dependent than ever on such hits, and more vulnerable as a result.
"Journalists have become less essential and therefore more vulnerable as a result".
