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In-Text Citations and Reference List
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Use superscript numerals outside periods and commas, inside colons and semicolons.
Use commas to separate multiple citation numbers in text, but use a hyphen if you are citing consecutive citation
numbers.
• As reported previously,
1,3-8,19
• The derived data were as follows
3-5
:
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reported…
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3
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Unpublished works and personal communications should be included the text in parentheses, but not in the reference
list.
• These findings have recently been corroborated (H. E. Marman, MD, unpublished data, January 2005).
• In a conversation with H. E. Marman, MD (August 2005).
Reference List
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References
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2016;28(2):225-265. doi:10.1007/s10648-015-9335-1
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