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Requirements for Manuscripts
parentheses. References cited only in tables or figure legends
should be numbered in accordance with the sequence estab-
lished by the first identification in the text of the particular
table or figure. Use the style of the examples below, which
are based on the formats used by the NLM in
Index Medicus
.
The titles of journals should be abbreviated according to the
style used in
Index Medicus
. Consult the
List of Journals In-
dexed in Index Medicus
through the library’s web site (http://
www.nlm.nih.gov).
Reference Formats
Journals
1.
Standard journal article
List the first six authors followed by et al.
Vega KJ, Pina I, Krevsky B. Heart transplantation is as-
sociated with an increased risk for pancreatobiliary disease.
Ann Intern Med 1996;124:980-3.
2.
Organization as author
The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Clini-
cal exercise stress testing. Safety and performance guide-
lines. Med J Aust 1996; 164: 282-4.
3.
No author given
Cancer in SouthAfrica [editorial]. SAfr Med J 1994;84:15.
4.
Article not in English
Ryder TE, Haukeland EA, Solhaug JH. Bilateral infrapatel-
lar seneruptur hostidligere frisk kvinne. Tidsskr Nor Laege-
foren 1996;116:41-2.
Books and Other Monographs
5.
Personal author(s)
Ringsven MK, Bond D. Gerontology and leadership skills
for nurses. 2nd ed. Albany (NY): Delmar Publishers; 1996.
6.
Editor(s), compiler(s) as author
Norman IJ, Redfern SJ, editors. Mental health care for el-
derly people. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1996.
7.
Organization as author and publisher
Institute of Medicine (US). Looking at the future of the
Medicaid program. Washington: The Institute; 1992.
8.
Chapter in a book
Phillips SJ, Whisnant JP. Hypertension and stroke. In: Lar-
agh JH, Brenner BM, editors. Hypertension: pathophysiol-
ogy, diagnosis, and management. 2nd ed. NewYork: Raven
Press; 1995. p. 465-78.
9.
Conference proceedings
Kimura J, Shibasaki H, editors. Recent advances in clini-
cal neurophysiology. Proceedings of the 10th International
Congress of EMG and Clinical Neurophysiology; 1995 Oct
15-19; Kyoto, Japan. Amsterdam: Elsevier; 1996.
10.
Conference paper
Bengtsson S, Solheim BG. Enforcement of data protection,
privacy and security in medical informatics. In: Lun KC,
Degoulet P, Piemme TE, Rienhoff O, editors. MEDINFO
92. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Medical
Informatics; 1992 Sep 6-10; Geneva, Switzerland. Amster-
dam: North-Holland; 1992. p. 1561-5.
Unpublished Material
11.
In press
LeshnerAI. Molecular mechanisms of cocaine addiction. N
Engl J Med. In press 1996.
Electronic Material
12.
Journal article in electronic format
Morse SS. Factors in the emergence of infectious diseases.
Emerg Infect Dis [serial online] 1995 Jan-Mar [cited 1996
Jun 5];1(1):[24 screens]. Available from: URL: