Milli Roentgen Equivalent Man
type: Unit
description: The roentgen equivalent man (or rem) is a CGS unit of equivalent dose, effective dose, and committed dose, which are measures of the health effect of low levels of ionizing radiation on the human body.
conversion multiplier: 0.00001
conversion multiplier SN: 1.0E-5
has dimension vector: A0E0L2I0M0H0T-2D0
has quantity kind: DoseEquivalent
iec61360 code: 0112/2///62720#UAA898
informative reference: https://cdd.iec.ch/cdd/iec62720/iec62720.nsf/Units/0112-2---62720%23UAA898
informative reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roentgen_equivalent_man
plain text description: The roentgen equivalent man (or rem) is a CGS unit of equivalent dose, effective dose, and committed dose, which are measures of the health effect of low levels of ionizing radiation on the human body.
prefix: Milli
scaling of: R man
symbol: mrem
ucum code: mREM
unece common code: L31
unit for quantity kind: DoseEquivalent
wikidata match: Q106617364