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USINGTHEAMAFORMAT

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TheAMAformatiswidelyusedforcitingsourcesinmedicalresearch.Thisinformation,created

bytheAmericanMedicalAssociation,istakenfromAMAManualofStyle:AGuideforAuthors

andEditors(10

Edition).Foradditionalguidelines,pleaseconsultthemanualattheClient

ServicesDeskoftheMedicalSciencesLibrary.

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CITATIONSINTHEBODYOFTHEPAPER

CiteeachsourceinnumericalorderusingsuperscriptArabicnumerals(1,2,3…).Putthese

numeralsoutsidecommasandperiods,andinsidesemicolonsandcolons(seeexamplesbelow).

Putacomma(nospaceinfront)betweenthenumbersformultiplecitations(seeExample2).

Joinaclosedserieswithahyphen(seeExample3).

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Example1:AreviewofregulationshasbeencompletebytheWHO.

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Example2:Thedatawereasfollows

3,4

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Example3:Aspreviouslyreported,

11‐14,25

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CITATIONSINTHEREFERENCELIST

Attheendofthedocument,listreferencesnumericallyintheorderbywhichtheywerecited

inthetext.Single‐spacewithincitationsanddouble‐spacesbetweencitations.(Citereferences

parentheticallyinthetextifaworkisnotyetacceptedforpublicationorisapersonal

communication.SeeAMAManualofStyle,10

Edition,formorespecifics.)

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BOOKS

BookwithOneAuthor:

1. SacksO.UncleTungsten.NewYork,NY:AlfredAKnopf;2001.

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BookwithTwotoSixAuthors:Separatetheauthors’namesusingacomma.

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BookwithSevenorMoreAuthors:Listthefirstthreeauthors,andthenput“etal.”

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BookwithanEditor:

2. GalanterM,ed.ServicesRese

archintheEraofManagedCare.NewYork,NY:Kluwer

Academic/Plenum;2001.

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BookbyanOrganization:

3. WorldHealthOrganization.Injury:ALeadingCauseoftheGlobalBurdenofDisease,

2000.Geneva,Switzerland:WorldHealthOrganization;2002.

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BookofSecondorLaterEdition:

1. AdkinsonN,

YungingerJ,BusseW,BochnerB,HolgateS,MiddletonE,eds.Middleton’s

Allergy:PrinciplesandPractice.6thed.St.Louis,MO:Mosby;2003.

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UsingtheAMAFormat(continued)

BookChapter:

2. SolenskyR.Drugallergy:desensitizationandtreatmentofreactionstoantibioticsand

aspirin.In:LockeyP,ed.AllergensandAllergenImmunotherapy.3rded.NewYork,

NY:MarcelDekker;2004:585‐606.

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JOURNALS

UsejournalabbreviationsprovidedinAMAManualofStyle(10

Edition)pages473‐479orgo

to

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=journalsandtypeinthejournal’sfulltitle.

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PrintJournalArticle:(Usemonthofpublicationifnovolumeorissuegiven.)

3. RainierS,ThomasD,TokarzD,etal.Myofibrillogenesisregulator1genemutations

causeparoxysmaldystonicchoreoathetosis.ArchNeurol.2004;61(7):1025‐1029.

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OnlineJournalArticle:(Includepagenumbersifarticlealsoavailableinprint.Seebelow.)

4. DuchinJS.Canpreparednessforbiologicalterrorismsaveus

frompertussis?Arch

PediatrAdolescMed.2004;158(2):106‐107.http://archpedi.ama‐

assn.org/cgi/content/full/158/2/106.AccessedJune1,2004.

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WEBSITES

Citetheauthor(ifgiven),titleofitemcited(ifnonegiven,usetheorganizationname),nameof

theWebsite,URL,publisheddate(ifgiven),updateddate(ifgiven)andaccesseddate.

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5. Truthandreconciliation:examininghumanrightsviolationsinSouthAfrica’shealth

sector.AmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScienceWebsite.

http://shr.aaas.org/trc‐med/presub.htm.Published1997.AccessedApril30,2004.

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ONLINENEWSPAPERS:(Foraprintnewspaperarticle,followsameasbelow,

butomittheURL.)

6. WeissR.Thepromiseofprecisionprescriptions.WashingtonPost.June24,2000:A1.

http://www.washingtonpost.com.AccessedOctober10,2001.

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ONLINEGOVERNMENT/ORGANIZATIONREPORTS

7. DafneyL,GruberJ.Doespublicinsuranceimprovetheefficiencyofmedicalcare?

Medicaidexpansionsandchildhospitalizations.http://www.nber.org/pa

pers/w755.

PublishedFebruary2000.AccessedFebruary26,2004.

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ONLINECONFERENCEPROCEEDINGS/PRESENTATIONS

8. CollinsF.Talkpresentedat:NationalHumanResearchProtectionsAdvisoryCommittee;

April9,2001;Bethesda,MD.http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/nhrpac/mtg04‐01/0409mtg.txt.

AccessedFebruary26,2004.

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