There are four categories of factors that increase an individual's vulnerability to developing a disease: genetic, physiological, age, and lifestyle. These are called:
a. risk factors.
b. causative factors.
c. etiological factors.
d. hazardous factors.
A
Risk factors are placed into four categories.
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