at-risk individual
collocation in Englishmeaningsofat-riskandindividual
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at-risk
adjective[before noun]
uk/ətˈrɪsk/us/ətˈrɪsk/
in danger of being harmed or damaged, or ...
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individual
noun[C]
uk/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/us/ˌɪn.dəˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/
a single person or thing, especially when compared to the group or set to which ...
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Such theorizing might account for the exacerbation of at-risk individuals' cognitive impairments under conditions of stress.
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Among these mechanisms may be one or more that are amenable to manipulations that prevent, reverse, or diminish the disorder of autism in at-risk individuals.
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A definitive answer to this problem will need to await long-term longitudinal or twin studies of neuroimaging and neurocognition in maltreated or at-risk individuals.
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Evidence from systematic reviews (rated as "good" in relation to their methodological quality) indicated that some interventions targeting at-risk individuals appeared promising.
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Moreover, genes offer the potential to identify at-risk individuals and biological pathways for the development of new treatments.
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As a result, the association between stressful events and depression is weaker for genetically at-risk individuals.
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Future research should focus on the mechanisms by which these at-risk individuals are protected from experiencing adverse outcomes.
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These are education and screening of at-risk individuals in the community.
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Quarantine of at-risk individuals or compulsory sequestration of a known infectious individual in infectious disease control is a standard example.
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Early identification of at-risk individuals, counseling and stress management were found to be necessary for workers with severe emotional distress.
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Prevention options for at-risk individuals include early and frequent walking, calf exercises, anticoagulants, aspirin, graduated compression stockings, and intermittent pneumatic compression.
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These at-risk individuals feel ostracized from the community and are experiencing a lack of social support.
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Earlier and more frequent screening should be conducted in at-risk individuals.
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Even in this scenario, however, when a minor spill was successfully contained with minimal injuries, communication lapses prevented potentially at-risk individuals from understanding the actual situation.
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At that time surveys indicated that 5070% of at-risk individuals would have been interested in receiving testing, but since predictive testing has been offered far fewer choose to be tested.
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