appears_in: []
contact:
  email: dr.shorthair@pm.me
  github: dr-shorthair
  name: Simon Cox
  orcid: 0000-0002-3884-3420
contributor:
  email: cthoyt@gmail.com
  github: cthoyt
  name: Charles Tapley Hoyt
  orcid: 0000-0003-4423-4370
depends_on: []
deprecated: false
description: Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) is a code system intended to
  include all units of measures being contemporarily used in international science,
  engineering, and business.
example: aBq
example_extras:
- '%'
- /A/s3/cg3/T3
- /g
- /m3
- Cel.d-1
- Em.s-2
- K2
- Wb
- dL/g
- dlm
- dlx
- g.cm-3
- kW/h
- m.s-2
- m/s
- m/s/d
- mmol.mL-1
- mol.L-1
- mol.um
- ng-1
- pA
- ug.mL-1
- umol.L-1
- us
homepage: https://ucum.org
keywords:
- data identity and mapping
- general & upper
- measurement
- subject agnostic
- unit
mappings:
  bartoc: '1895'
  fairsharing: FAIRsharing.27w8k0
  hl7: 2.16.840.1.113883.6.8
  lov: ucum
  wikidata.entity: Q2494286
name: Unified Code for Units of Measure
preferred_prefix: ucum
prefix: ucum
providers: []
publications:
- doi: 10.1136/jamia.1999.0060151
  pmc: PMC61354
  pubmed: '10094068'
  title: Units of measure in clinical information systems
  year: 1999
references:
- https://units-of-measurement.org/
repository: https://github.com/ucum-org/ucum
synonyms: []
uri_format: https://units-of-measurement.org/$1
