potential risk
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpotentialandrisk
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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk/pəˈten.ʃəl/us/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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risk
noun
uk/rɪsk/us/rɪsk/
the possibility of something ...
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It then multiplies thesepotentialriskscores by the pesticide's application rate to determine a finalpotentialriskscore.
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Data are no. of veterans withpotentialriskfactors.
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If these indicators measure thepotentialriskof pesticides correctly, then larger application rates should result in largerpotentialriskscores.
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Thesepotentialriskscores represent the best estimate of a pesticide's impact on the surrounding environment.
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It ranks a pesticide's toxicity data to generatepotentialriskscores for beneficial organisms and humans.
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Of the variouspotentialriskfactors, crowding has a strong and significant association with seropositivity.
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Numbers, however, are still too small to permit afinalevaluation of thispotentialrisk.
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However, we decided not to use them aspotentialriskfactors because of their causal ambiguity.
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Survival analysis determined cumulative rates of psychiatric disorders and the impact ofpotentialriskfactors.
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Twenty-one patients developed tetanus after other reported injuries orpotentialriskfactors for exposure.
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This makes a direct comparison of each indicator'spotentialriskscores meaningless.
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Future analyses should examine how specific data inputs influence a pesticide risk indicator'spotentialriskscore.
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A further objective was to identifypotentialriskfactors related to the occurrence of leptospirosis infection.
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The highestpotentialriskscores generally went to methyl bromide applications.
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A second weakness of the system was the limited reliability of information regardingpotentialriskfactors.
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There are also indications of apotentialriskof infection to humans.
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Potentialriskfactors were evaluated, such as family history, nutrition, exercise, smoking status, and alcohol consumption.
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This reduces procedure time,potentialriskof complications and facilitates complex interventions.
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Until a consensus is reached, diet cannot be overlooked as apotentialriskfactor.
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This does not mean, however, that they pose nopotentialriskto humans and shrimps.
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Both household and individual data were gathered onpotentialriskfactors or confounders.
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The relatively small sample size also reduced the power to identifypotentialriskfactors.
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They included one very heavy smoker who had epilepsy, which constituted an even greaterpotentialrisk.
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