title: [SI units in the medical field].
abstract: A number of SI units important in medicine are listed; special attention is focused on two units which are indispensable in ophthalmology, the kilopascal and the millinewton, as conversions of the old units of pressure and force. Conversion tables are included.
authors.affiliation: Physik-Department E13, Technische Universität München.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Merté
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Merté
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007394:International System of Units / Q000592:standards*; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D009885:Ophthalmology; D014894:Weights and Measures / Q000592:standards*
vernacular_title: SI-Einheiten im medizinischen Bereich.