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The phrase "primary contributing factor to" is correct and can be used in written English
It is typically used to describe the main reason or cause of something. Here is an example: The decrease in funding for education was the primary contributing factor to the decline in academic performance among students.
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By the year 2000 this proportion had declined to 20%, and this decline is one primary contributing factor to lower levels of AST.
Altered astrocytic function is now recognized as a primary contributing factor to an increasing number of neurological diseases.
However, it remains highly debatable whether the mammary epithelial stem cell population is a primary contributing factor to the phenomenon of parity-induced protection [ 14– 17], and additional work in this area is therefore needed.
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Several female respondents saw the increase in primary schooling as a contributing factor to why women have become increasingly involved in the monetary economy, as they are present in the household and therefore often the ones the young children turn to for small monetary needs.
Specifically, we sought to compare the single (main) reason for caesarean across countries, separated by timing of caesarean (intrapartum or pre-labour) and type of caesarean (primary or repeat), to identify possible contributing factors to the discrepant overall rates.
2,170 of these records listed alcohol as the primary apparent contributing factor.
The MAIDS study [2] found out that PTW rider error is the primary accident contributing factor in 37% of all cases.
Of the 168,060 pedestrian and bicyclist injury records for New York City between 2001 and 2010, 93,783 (55.8 %) had a valid entry for a primary apparent contributing factor.
0.0894 of these contain COPD as either a primary diagnosis or contributing factor.
An SXR was also taken if a cause of fever was found on routine analysis but when fever persisted for more than 48 hours in spite of antibiotic therapy to exclude sinusitis as the primary cause of fever and/or a contributing factor.
For instance, heart failure or respiratory conditions may be listed as the primary cause, with heat illness as a contributing factor.
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