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Several factor
* Most several factors affect animals
  - lifespans
* Some several factors affect health
  - increase blood pressure
* affect a pig's requirement for a specific nutrient
  - woman's chance of developing breast cancer
  - an animal's ability to forage and acquire profitable resources
  - capability
  - enzymatic activity
  - fertility
  - glycemic index
  - how calcium is absorbed in the body
  - likelihood
  - pediatric therapy, including liver dysfunction, renal disease or dehydration
* affect the amount of radiation that is absorbed by the earth at different places
  - snow that can build up on a roof
  - body's ability to cool itself during extremely hot weather
  - fat composition of milk
  - health and distribution of corals within a reef
  - incidence of particular genetic diseases
  - minimum detectable concentration of an element
  - rate of salt absorption into the fish
* appear to be important determinants of photic retinal injury.
* are important in precipitating disease and in predisposing to calculus formation
  - predicting the cohesiveness of a group
  - related to sexual dimorphism
* are responsible for the formation of acidic soil conditions
  - growth in per capita consumption of pasta
  - imbalance of intestinal flora
  - origins of species diversity gradients
* can affect aquatic habitats, which then affect biological communities
  - personal health
* can cause delayed growth of a fetus
  - discs to degenerate, including age
* can contribute to the amount of stress placed on the tissues
  - damage of the host's immune system
  - determine if a woman is at higher risk for developing breast cancer
  - have a profound effect on a person's respiratory rate
* can influence a stallion's fertility
  - development of virus diseases
  - ovulation rate or number of ova shed
* cause people to swallow air
  - water to be more corrosive than others
* change over years.
* confound how environmental estrogens affect the endocrine system.
* contribute to a person s tendency to gain weight
  - adult obesity
  - changes in body temperature with age
  - heart disease
  - nervousness such as lack of exercise, diet, financial pressures, etc
  - potential
* contribute to the formation of renal stones in space
  - large tidal volume in marine mammals
  - narrowing of the spinal canal with degenerative changes
  - pathogenesis of acne
  - pathogenic mechanism of autoimmune diseases
  - pathophysiology of fecal incontinence
  - problem of hunger in the world today
  - rarity of cancers
  - rate of groundwater discharge along a coastline
* control the reproductive performance of superovulated females and stud males
  - types
* determine a herbicide's soil half-life
  - how long a light bulb lasts
* determine the basal metabolic rate
  - extent and severity of swine dysentery in a swine herd
  - occurrence and severity of radiation enteritis
  - route by which radioactive wastes are disposed
  - when, and how, neurons discharge in response to acoustic stimuli
* distinguish hares from rabbits.
* enhance nitrogen fixation.
* govern the development of human dental caries.
* help explain the higher risk of knee injuries among women
  - why functional foods is one of the fastest growing categories of foods
  - iron become absorbed in children
* increase a woman's risk of developing cervical cancer
  - susceptibility to vaginitis
* increase the chance for hypothermia in the elderly
  - of getting skin cancer
* increase the risk of heart attack and stroke
  - vascular disease
* influence development
  - glucocorticoid actions on a given tissue
  - nest success
  - outcomes
  - perceptions
  - sexual maturity, including age, gender, and size
* influence the amount of energy needed to remove an electron from an atom
  - money spent on health care
  - development and severity of insulin resistance
  - diabetic toward the development of infected, non-healing wounds
  - size of an egg, the most important being the age of the hen
* make waterfowl particularly susceptible to disease.
* play a role in producing an increase in tuberculosis in America.
* play a role in the development of bacterial resistance
  - onset of depression
+ Child support, Duration of support orders: Family :: Law
  * Several factors can end a support order for a child under the age of majority.
+ Dispute, How disputes become serious: War :: Communication :: Conflicts :: Sociology :: Human issues
  * Several factors make disputes more serious. Serious disputes may do a lot of damage to the people involved, and to their societies.