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Mathematical Concepts > Probability > Risk > Risk Factors
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation > Quality of Health Care > Epidemiologic Factors > Causality > Risk Factors
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Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Factors > Causality > Risk Factors

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Risk Factors  

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Definition

  • An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent. Social risk factors are specific adverse social conditions that are associated with poor health, like social isolation, poverty, limited community resources, or housing instability. Causes and other factors that influence the occurrence of disease and other health-related events.

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