AMA Citation Style Quick Guide
Quick Guide to Citations Using the AMA Manual of Style, 10th ed.
For complete instructions in using this format, see the AMA Manual of Style, 10th ed., either online or in print.
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Circulation Desk. Its call number is WZ 345 A511 2007.
Examples for:
1. Book
2. Webpage
3. Official organization report published on a
webpage
4. Print journal article with six or fewer
authors
5. Print journal article with more
than six authors
6. Online journal article with six or fewer
authors; article has a DOI
7. Online journal article with more than
six authors; article does not have a DOI
Example:
Iverson C, Christiansen S, Flanagin A, et al., eds. AMA
Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors. 10th
ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2007.
Example:
Fast facts. National Osteoporosis Foundation website. http://www.nof.org/osteoporosis/diseasefacts.htm.
Accessed August 27, 2007
Example:
National Osteoporosis Foundation. Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ):
NOF scientific statement. http://www.nof.org/patientinfo/osteonecrosis.htm.
Published June 14, 2006. Approved March 3, 2007. Accessed August
27, 2007.
Example:
Florez H, Martinez R, Chakra W, Strickman-Stein M, Levis S. Outdoor exercise reduces the risk of hypovitaminosis D in the obese. J Steroid Biochem Mol Bio. 2007;103(3-5):679-681.
Example:
Siris ES, Miller PD, Barrett-Connor E, et al. Identification
and fracture outcomes of undiagnosed low bone mineral density
in postmenopausal women: results from the National Osteoporosis
Risk Assessment. JAMA. 2001;286(22):2815-2822.
Example:
Florez H, Martinez R, Chakra W, Strickman-Stein M,
Levis S. Outdoor exercise reduces the risk of hypovitaminosis
D in the obese. J Steroid Biochem Mol Bio. 2007;103(3-5):679-681.
doi:10.1016 /j.jsbmb.2006.12.032.
Example:
Siris ES, Miller PD, Barrett-Connor E, et al. Identification
and fracture outcomes of undiagnosed low bone mineral density
in postmenopausal women: results from the National Osteoporosis
Risk Assessment. JAMA. 2001;286(22):2815-2822. http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/286/22
/2815. Accessed April 4, 2007.
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