environmental risk

collocation in English

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environmental
adjective
uk
/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.təl/
us
/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.t̬əl/
relating to ...
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risk
noun
uk
/rɪsk/
us
/rɪsk/
the possibility of something ...
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(Definition ofenvironmentalandriskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Effect sizes were largest for samples of youth experiencing both individual andenvironmentalriskfactors orenvironmentalriskfactors alone.
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This was not explained by differences inenvironmentalriskfactors.
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Testing hypotheses on specificenvironmentalriskfor psychopathology.
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Many of theseenvironmentalriskfactors are overlapping.
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Testing hypotheses on specificenvironmentalriskmechanisms for psychopathology.
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Testing hypotheses of specificenvironmentalriskmechanisms for psychopathology.
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That strategy deals with genetic influences on the sharedenvironmentalriskfactor by determining the correlation between the parental phenotype andenvironmentalriskfactor.
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In most instances, exposure toenvironmentalriskalso varies according to a continuum.
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Can home visitation improve the health of women and children atenvironmentalrisk?
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In other cases, the predisposing factors with whichenvironmentalriskexposures interact may be inherited.
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However, they propose that the other associations suggest potentially modifiableenvironmentalriskfactors.
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Lastly, future research has to examine the economic effects of reducingenvironmentalrisk.
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This vulnerability is also determined by other genetic andenvironmentalriskfactors.
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In some cases, the requisite vulnerability may have been acquired via priorenvironmentalriskexposures.
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Studies ofenvironmentalriskmust not be subject to bias from pre-existing beliefs.
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Theenvironmentalriskfactor needs to be reliably measured and defined a priori.
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First, having two affected parents reflects both a higher genetic andenvironmentalriskload for children.
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A possible commonenvironmentalriskfactor is a high level of education of the parents.
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Likewise,environmentalriskfactors that influence both phenotypes could contribute to the observed co-variance.
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Hopefully, the present findings will lead to an expanded search for theseenvironmentalriskfactors.
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First, genetic variation in a sample may reflect variation in vulnerability toenvironmentalriskfactors.
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The effect of some genes will not be contingent onenvironmentalriskexposure.
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Environmentalriskpredicted increases in both internalizing and externalizing problems in children lower in effortful control.
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The implication has been that this can be done with a disregard forenvironmentalriskfactors.
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No evidence for familyenvironmentalriskfactors was found for any disorder.
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