International Units

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
IU
Pronunciation
/ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈjunɪts/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Oncology

Examples in Context

  1. Researchers followed patients for an average of 2.3 years and found those receiving 2,000 international units of vitamin E daily showed slightly less of a decline of daily functioning than patients in a placebo group.
  2. The IOM recommends 600 international units a day for most adults, and 800 daily after age 70, although many physicians recommend more.
  3. The legal obligation of product design and development are discussed in seven aspects, that is design behavior, standardization, international units system adoption, environment protection, product quality, special product design and development, new product and technology appraisal.
  4. A lot of domestic and international units have put out their own AM / FM / GIS software platforms and solutions one after another, in order to meet the demands of AM / FM / GIS's application system construction.
  5. Re - Discussion about several issues in using international units system in metallurgy

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