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SYSTEME INTERNATIONAL d'UNITES (S.I. UNITS)
Author(s) -
Bryant S.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1976.tb03330.x
Subject(s) - medicine , traditional medicine
The metric system is now used in most countries for expressing measurements in the health care field. The original metric system based on length (centimetre), mass (gramme) und time (second) has proved inadequate. The Internationul Bureau of Weights and Measures, which has the ultimate responsibility for standardization of measuring systems, has revised and extended the metric system, through a series of general conferences on weights and measures, to the Système International d'Unités (S.I.). This is now the internationally accepted language for measurements throughout science and industry.