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Causality

Definitions
The relating of causes to the effects they produce. Causes are termed necessary when they must always precede an effect and sufficient when they initiate or produce an effect. Any of several factors may be associated with the potential disease causation or outcome, including predisposing factors, enabling factors, precipitating factors, reinforcing factors, and risk factors.
Synonyms
Multiple Causations
Causation
Causality, Multifactorial
Multifactorial Causalities
Causations
Factor, Reinforcing
Enabling Factor
Factors, Reinforcing
Factors, Predisposing
Reinforcing Factors
Factor, Enabling
Enabling Factors
Causalities, Multifactorial
Causation, Multiple
Multiple Causation
Predisposing Factor
Causalities
Multifactorial Causality
Factor, Predisposing
Reinforcing Factor
Causations, Multiple
Factors, Enabling
Predisposing Factors
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