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The underlying assumption is that small geographical areas (which are treated analogously to families) include mostly homogeneous populations for which the risk of death is similar.
Although we cannot rule out more subtle effects on TGF-β activity, such as the activation of latent forms, the data suggest that the underlying molecular mechanism of chemoprevention by these agents does not involve increases in TGF-β expression.
But efforts can be undertaken to prevent or reduce environmental exposures linked to disease without full elucidation of the underlying mechanism [71].
The major factors underlying this precipitous decline, Fraser says, are retreating sea ice and increasing snowfall.
Power-law behavior also describes similar underlying observations for the remaining data.