Si Units for Clinical Measurement (Medical Writing and Communication) (Medical Writing and Communication) (Medical Writing and Communication) (Medical Writing and Communication)
Contributors: Edward J. Huth (Editor); Donald S. Young (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: American College of Physicians
Published: January 15, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9780943126517
Subjects: Medical equipment & techniques; Medicine; Laboratory Medicine; Science; Medical / Nursing; Science/Mathematics; Metric System; Reference; Medicine / General; International System of Units; Handbooks, manuals, etc; Measurement
First sentence: Two of the central principles in the metric system, "natural" base units and the decimal division of units, were concepts set forth long before French law established the metric system late in the 18th century (Danloux-Dumesnils 1969).