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Use of Digit Spans and Hyphens.
Edward H. Livingston
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11th ed.)
Digits should not be omitted when indicating a span of years or page numbers in the text. Hyphens may be used in text when a year span is used as the identifying characteristic of a study (eg, the 2010-2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) but only when the actual dates of the study have been defined previously in the text; if the dates are not defined in the text, the hyphen is ambiguous and may or may not mean that the dates indicated are inclusive. In certain circumstances, such as fiscal year or academic year, the actual span may be understood and no definition is required; in these cases, the hyphen is acceptable at first mention and throughout the text....View:
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