known risk
collocation in Englishmeaningsofknownandrisk
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known
adjective
uk/nəʊn/us/noʊn/
used to refer to something or someone that is familiar to or understood ...
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risk
noun
uk/rɪsk/us/rɪsk/
the possibility of something ...
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(Definition ofknownandriskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofknown risk
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This study confirmsknownriskfactors for salmonellosis.
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In this way, employers would have aknownriskthat could be insured against.
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Most patients with brucellosis did not have any of theknownriskfactors for brucellosis.
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Admittedly, medical journals are designed to disseminate novel research, not reiterateknownriskfactors or serve as patient education tools.
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However, the most powerfulknownriskfactor for developing the disease is a positive family history of breast cancer.
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Older people may be at greater risk of heart disease since they have many of theknownriskfactors.
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In addition, we include simulations of 70-year-old women without anyknownriskfactors other than age.
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Thus, individuals with mental disorders seemed to benefit from improved medical care and health promotion strategies aiming at reducing the impact ofknownriskfactors.
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Studies are needed to determine to what extent "vulnerable child syndrome" is present in families atknownriskof late onset disorders.
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To date, most treatment and interventional programmes have been based on theknownriskfactors for delirium, and attempts to modify them.
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These patients likely received better management of physical symptoms and more social contact and support, ameliorating two of the majorknownriskfactors for depression.
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There was therefore aknownrisk.
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This is a computer program, which synthesizes information about the majorknownriskfactors for breast cancer, family history, reproductive/hormonal factors and benign breast disease.
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Here we report the risk of depression and its determinants in spouses of persons with or without depression, taking into account severalknownriskfactors for major depression.
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For the minority of vulnerable passengers there is now aknownrisk.
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Exercise reduces blood cholesterol and hypertension, bothknownriskfactors in coronary heart disease.
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There is aknownrisk, and doctors should explain it to patients.
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However, few studies have examined individual differences in the leaving home transition and whether preceding adolescent experiences andknownriskfactors may explain variability in how this transition is experienced.
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The analyses were repeated adjusting for both theknownriskfactors, and in an additional analysis also for self-reported diagnosed diseases in the year preceding the measurement of risk factors.
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It is aknownrisk, but if landlords are prepared to take it, we should let them.
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