Formatting References

Primary References

1. Standard journal article
You CH, Lee KY, Chey RY, Menguy R. Electrographic study of patients with unexplained nausea, bloating and vomiting. Gastroenterology 1980;79:311-4.

If more than six authors, list first six, followed by et al.

Goate AM, Haynes AR, Owen MJ, Farrall M, James LA, Lai LY, et al. Predisposing locus for Alzheimer's disease on chromosome 21. Lancet 1989;1:352-5.

2. Organization or group as author
The Royal Marsden Hospital Bone-Marrow Transplantation Team. Failure of syngeneic bone-marrow graft without pre-conditioning in post-hepatitis marrow aplasia. Lancet 1977;2:742-4.

3. Supplement
Blendon RJ. The prospects for state and local governments playing a broader role in health care in the 1980s. Am J Public Health 1981;71(suppl):9-15.

Centers for Disease Control. Health information for international travel: including United States designated yellow fever vaccination centers. MMWR 1974;23(suppl):1S-54S.

4. Type of article indicated as needed
Spargo PM, Manners JM. DDAVP and open heart surgery [letter]. Anaesthesia 1989;44:363-4.

Fuhrman SA, Joiner KA. Binding of the third component of complement C3 by Toxoplasma gondii [abstract]. Clin Res 1987;35:475A.

Coffee drinking and cancer of the pancreas [editorial]. BMJ 1981;283:628.

Tertiary References

1. Personal author(s)
Colson JH, Armour WJ. Sports injuries and their treatment. 2nd rev. ed. London: S. Paul, 1986.

2. Editor(s), compiler as author
Diener HC, Wilkinson M, editors. Drug-induced headache. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1988.

3. Book chapter
Weinstein L, Swartz MN. Pathologic properties of invading microorganisms. In: Sodeman WA Jr, Sodeman WA, editors. Pathologic physiology: mechanisms of disease. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1974:457-72.

Other

1. Package insert
Package insert. Vancocin® (vancomycin). Indianapolis, IN: Eli Lilly, 1990.

2. Personal communication
Personal communication. Laura Litzenberger, RPh. Raritan, NJ: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, September 1995.