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"Etiology - The study or theory of all factors that may be involved in the development of a disease, including susceptibility of an individual, the nature of the disease agent, and the way in which an individual's body is invaded by the agent, or the cause of a disease" (Norris & Tuan, 2020, Glossary, p. 1331).
Reference
Norris, T. L. & Tuan, R. L. (2020). Porth's essentials of pathophysiology. (5th ed.) Wolters Kluwer.
Consider current research related to risk factors, causation (etiology), diagnosis, or prognosis on a certain disease. Try working with the following searches.
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