The process of assessing the presence of specific factors within each of the categories that have been identified as being associated with an increased likelihood of an illness, such as cancer, or an unhealthy event, such as an automobile accident,
is called: 1. Health risk reduction
2. Health risk appraisal
3. Health risk factors
4. Health events
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Assessing the presence of specific factors within categories that are associated with increased likelihood of illness is called health risk appraisal.
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