Authors are listed by Last name and First and Middle name initials (if available)
1. author: Doe JF.
2. authors: Doe JF, Roe JP
3-6 authors: Doe JF, Roe JP, Coe R, Pose M, Hanson T.
6 or more authors Doe JF, Roe JP, Coe R, et al.
Only capitalize the first word of a journal article title, proper names, and abbreviation normally capitalized. All other words in the title should be lower case. If an article has a subtitle, follow the same rules.
Abbreviate the name of the journal. Italicize all Journal titles.
Look up journal abbreviations from: NLM Catalog: Journals referenced in the NCBI Databases
Print Journals: Author(s). Article title. Journal Name. Year; vol(issue No.): page numbers.
3. Domingo J. Influence of cooking processes on the concentrations of toxic metals and various organic
environmental pollutants in food: a review of the published literature. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2011;51(1):29-37.
Online Journals: Author(s). Article title. Journal Name, Year; vol(issue No.): page numbers. URL. Accessed [Date]
4. Bower J, Ritchie A, Jones S, Bosco P. Effects of a raw food diet on diabetes. Nutr Diabetes. 2012;2-9:12-
23. http://www.nature.com/nutd/journal/v2/n9/pdf/nutd201220a.pdf. Accessed October 8, 2013
Article from a Library Database: You may consider articles obtained from a library database as Print Journals.
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