- Milligram per cent
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See also: Gram per litre
Milligram per cent is a unit of measure in blood work: for any specified chemical, the mg% indicates the number of milligrams of that chemical in 100 milliliters of blood.
For example, a blood alcohol content of 100 mg% means 100 milligrams of ethyl alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood.
The redundant (and therefore potentially confusing) notation 'mg%/ml' is also used.[1]
References
- ^ Rosner, Bernard. Fundamentals of Biostatistics (Second Edition). PWS Publishers, 1986; ISBN 0-87150-981-4. Figure 2.4, page 17.
Categories:- Units of density
- Hematology
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