There are four categories of factors that increase an ...

[Bob-Dole]

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.

Question 2

The majority of people function in a relatively healthy manner, but their functioning capacity can be diminished by:
 
  a. lack of a support system.
  b. periods of crisis.
  c. nutritional deficits.
  d. a physical disease process.

[lauravaras]

Answer to Question 1

A
Risk factors are placed into four categories.

Answer to Question 2

B
Periods of crisis can decrease functional capacity, moving a person toward the illness end of the continuum.

[Bob-Dole]

Excellent

[cam1229]

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