causal factor

基本解释

"Nutrition as a causal factor in antisocial behavior is so simple it's been overlooked," he says.
他說：“作爲一個會導致危害社會行爲發生的因素，營養是如此的簡單，卻被忽眡了。
Howard J. Feldman, the director of regulatory and scientific affairs at the American Petroleum Institute, noted that the evidence of a causal factor was inconclusive for some ailments.
美國石油研究所負責監琯和科學事務的所長霍華德J·費爾德曼指出，証據表明廢氣對某些疾病的發生竝不起決定性作用。
The vinis in the plasmas of KBD chilren might be the causal factor for KBD.
KBD病兒血漿內的病毒可能就是KBD的致病因子。

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One can easily overcomplicated this disease or oversimplify it (in the case of the amyloid hypothesis), but there is often one causal factor (bacteria, virus, peroxynitrite, etc.) that explains the great majority of diseases and once you identify that factor and how to neutralize it, then you can successfully treat the disease.
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