What best describes a risk factor?   a. cause of a disease or condition from teh onset to resoultion   b. Probability or likehood that a disease or illness will occur ina group of people who presently do not have the problem   c. Primary measurement used to describe either the occurence or the existence of a specific state of health or illness   d. Characteristic or event that has been shown to increase the probability that a specific diseae or illness will develop

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What best describes a risk factor?

 

a. cause of a disease or condition from teh onset to resoultion

 

b. Probability or likehood that a disease or illness will occur ina group of people who presently do not have the problem

 

c. Primary measurement used to describe either the occurence or the existence of a specific state of health or illness

 

d. Characteristic or event that has been shown to increase the probability that a specific diseae or illness will develop

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