Sentences with phrase «predisposing factors towards»

Predisposing factors towards infection include age (puppies and kittens are at higher risk than adult animals), life - style (free - roaming or hunting animals being predisposed), and local climate (pets living in warmer, more humid climates are predisposed).

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This literature review seeks to highlight specific policy interventions against risk factors that predispose communities towards gangs, organized crime, and electoral violence; and interventions that attack each of those types of violence directly.

Main outcome measures: Prevalence of self - reported smoking; predictors and patterns of smoking in early pregnancy; and relationships between smoking and the prevalence of predisposing, enabling and reinforcing factors, including women's knowledge about and attitudes towards smoking and the risks involved.