Milligrams per cent
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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.
Litre
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of blood.
For example, a blood alcohol content
Blood alcohol content
Blood alcohol content , also called blood alcohol concentration, blood ethanol concentration, or blood alcohol level is most commonly used as a metric of alcohol intoxication for legal or medical purposes....
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.