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PREDISPOSING CAUSE [2 records]

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Record 1 1998-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidemiology
DEF

Anything that renders a person more liable to a specific condition without actually producing it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épidémiologie

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Silviculture
CONT

Whether as a predisposing stress or a primary cause, air pollutants appear to figure prominently.

OBS

Predisposing factors are generally longer term stresses which weaken the tree and make it more susceptible to the shorter term inciting factors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Sylviculture

Spanish

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