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Requirements for Manuscripts
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://
).
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Unpublished Material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:
.
cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/eid.htm
