Details of Element: Units for the Amount of Medication
Component of Medications File (Includes Name, 1-30 & Icd-9-Cm Codes, 50-67)


Unique Name: uftao
Contained in the Common BLSA Data Set ? Yes

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 9451 9821 19272
Number of Distinct Participants 721 654 1375
Year First Collected 1968 1990 -
Year Last Collected 1998 1998 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Discrete
    Value Meaning
    1 mg
    2 cc or mL
    3 Other than mg or cc
    4 Unspecified
Precision: #.
Anticipated Range: 1. thru 4.
Masterfile Index: 812-01-40
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History: (none)
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