causal factor

基本解释

"Nutrition as a causal factor in antisocial behavior is so simple it's been overlooked," he says.
他说：“作为一个会导致危害社会行为发生的因素，营养是如此的简单，却被忽视了。
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.
美国石油研究所负责监管和科学事务的所长霍华德J·费尔德曼指出，证据表明废气对某些疾病的发生并不起决定性作用。
The vinis in the plasmas of KBD chilren might be the causal factor for KBD.
KBD病儿血浆内的病毒可能就是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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