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A complete reference to a book includes the following:
■ Chapter authors’ surnames and initials (the names of all authors should be given unless there are more than 6, in which case the names of the first 3 authors are used, followed by “et al”)...
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Use arabic numerals to indicate an edition, even if the publisher has used roman numerals, but do not indicate a first edition. If a subsequent edition is cited, the number should be given. Abbreviate “New revised edition” as “New rev ed,” “Revised edition” as “Rev ed,” “American edition” as “American ed,” and “British edition” as “British ed.”...
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Names of editors, translators, translator-editors, or executive, consulting, and section editors are given as follows:
1. Plato. The Laws. Taylor EA, trans-ed. JM Dent & Sons Ltd; 1934:104-105.
[Plato is the author; Taylor is the translator-editor.]
2. Blumenthal DK, Garrison JC. Pharmacodynamics: molecular mechanisms of drug actions. In: Bunton LL, ed. Chabner BA, Knollmann BC, associate eds. ...
Lauren Fischer and Paul Frank
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The basic format for references to books published via media other than print is as follows:
■ Authors’ surnames and initials (the names of all authors should be given unless there are more than 6, in which case the names of the first 3 authors are used, followed by “et al”) or name of the group if the author is a group...
Lauren Fischer and Paul Frank
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Use arabic numerals, unless the pages referred to use roman pagination (eg, the preliminary pages of a book).
1. Rudolph KD, Flynn M. Depression in adolescents. In: Gottlib IH, Hammen CL, eds. Handbook of Depression. 3rd ed. Guilford Press; 2014:391-409.
2. Harper RD. Preface. In: ...
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The full name of the publisher (publisher’s imprint, as shown on the title page) should be given, abbreviated in accordance with the style used by the JAMA Network journals (see 13.7, Commercial Firms) but without any punctuation. Even if the name of a publishing firm has changed, use the name that was given on the published work....
Lauren Fischer and Paul Frank
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When citing a chapter of a book, capitalize as for a journal article title (see 3.9.1.1, English-Language Titles, Journal Articles and Parts of Books); do not use quotation marks. Inclusive page numbers of the chapter should be given (see 3.12.10, Page Numbers or Chapter Number)....
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When referring to an entire book, rather than pages or a specific section, use the following format (see 3.7, References, Authors).
1. Etzel RA, Balk SJ, eds. Pediatric Environmental Health. American Academy of Pediatrics; 2011.
2. Adkinson NF Jr, Bochner BS, Burks W, et al, eds. ...
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References to monographs (typically a detailed, scholarly work on a single subject written by a single author who is a specialist on that subject; per Webster’s, “a learned treatise on a small area of knowledge”11) should be styled the same as references to books....
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Use arabic numerals for volume numbers if the work cited includes more than 1 volume, even if the publisher used roman numerals.
If the volumes have no separate titles, merely numbers, the number should be given after the general title.
1. Kasper DL, Fauci AS, Hauser S, Longo D, Jameson JL, Loscalzo J. ...
