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XExtension Codes
Dimensions of external causes
Additional aspects of mechanism
Exposure to other mechanism

XE3WS category

Lack of water

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Lack of water

Nearby in Exposure to other mechanism

XE202Foreign body in orifice
XE8A0Exposure to electric current
XE8DSExposure to sunlight
XE60CExposure to radiation
XE5DFExposure to high or low air pressure or changes in air pressure
XE9Y8Exposure to explosion
XE7Y1Exposure to noise
XE3RXExposure to vibration

PreviousXE7SS — Lack of food NextXE4TW — Exposure to physical overexertion

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XExtension Codes
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XE72EExposure to injurious transport event
XE3Y8Exposure to fall
XE4U1Exposure to person, animal or plant
XE214Exposure to object, not elsewhere classified
XE64QExposure to immersion, submersion or falling into water
XE8NXExposure to threat to breathing
XE6JMExposure to thermal mechanism
XE3SHExposure to or harmful effects of substances
Exposure to other mechanism
XE202Foreign body in orifice
XE8A0Exposure to electric current
XE8DSExposure to sunlight
XE60CExposure to radiation
XE5DFExposure to high or low air pressure or changes in air pressure
XE9Y8Exposure to explosion
XE7Y1Exposure to noise
XE3RXExposure to vibration
XE7BTExposure to suction
XE7SSLack of food
XE3WSLack of water
XE4TWExposure to physical overexertion
XE67QExposure to other specified privation
XE42RAbandonment
XE00GNeglect

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