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Vancouver Referencing Style @ UCT

Vancouver Referencing Style is extensively used in the biomedical and health sciences.

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DICTIONARIES

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Bile acid is “a steroid acid of the bile, produced during the metabolism of cholesterol.”10(p.203) 10. Mosby’s medical dictionary. 9th ed. St Louis, Mo: Elsevier; 2013. Bile acid; p.203.
 

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Health care is defined as the “care for the general health of a person, community, etc., especially that provided by an organized health service.”11

 

NOTE: Online books do not normally provide page numbers, therefore you are not required to mention page numbers in your citation.

11. Oxford English dictionary. 1989 [cited 2014 Sept 10]. Available from: http://www.oed.com/

 ENCYCLOPAEDIAS

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"Chronic alcohol ingestion is often associated with folate            deficiency.”12(p.89) Author of the chapter. Title of the chapter. In: Editor. Title of the whole encyclopaedia. Place of publication: Publisher. Year. Volume(if available) pages of the chapter.

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12. Scott JM, Weir DG. Megaloblastic anaemia. In: Sadler MJ, Strain JJ, Caballero B, editors. Encyclopedia of human nutrition. San Diego: Academic Press. 1999 vol.1 p.85-94.