Sample references:
Standard journal articleLandau IL, Morgan W, McCoy KS, Taussig LM. Gender related differences in
airway tone in children. Pediatr Pulmonol 1993;16:31-35.
Book with authorsVoet D, Voet JG. 1990. Biochemistry. New York: John Wiley & Sons. 1223
p.
Book with editorsCoutinho A, Kazatch Kine MD, editors. Autoimmunity physiology and
disease. New York. Wiley-Liss; 1994. 459 p.
Chapter from a bookHausdorf G. Late effects of anthracycline therapy in childhood:
evaluation and current therapy. In: Bricker JT, Green DM, D’Angio GJ,
editors. Cardiac toxicology after treatment for childhood cancer. New
York: Wiley-Liss; 1993. p 73-86.
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in the manuscript and from there on use only the abbreviation. Whenever
standardized abbreviations are available use those. Use standard symbols
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manufacturer’s name and address after the first mention of the generic
name.
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persons) should not be used when standard descriptive terminology is
available. Examples include club cells (formerly known as \soutClara
cells); and granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly known as
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experimental subjects (patients, animals, controls) and individual
measurements; if applicable, information about how and why the numbers
may differ from an ideal design (e.g., the number required for
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null hypothesis;
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confirmatory studies in the literature;
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