Box 118Both a date of update/revision and a date of citation

Various words are used to show that the content of a contribution has been changed. Among them are: updated, modified, revised, reviewed.

  • Begin with the date(s) of update/revision in the format year month day
    • Use the wording for update/revision supplied in the contribution
    • Give all words with the dates provided, in ascending date order
    • Separate words by a semicolon and a space
    • End the date(s) of update/revision with a semicolon and a space
  • Enter the date cited in the format year month day
  • Place all dates of update/revision and date of citation information in one set of square brackets
  • End with a period placed outside the closing bracket
    Example:
    • Bunyavejchevin S, Phupong V. Laparoscopic surgery for presumed benign ovarian tumor during pregnancy. 2006 Oct 18 [amended 2007 Jun 14; cited 2007 Feb 20]. In: The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews [Internet]. Hoboken (NJ): John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. c1999 -   . 129K. Available from: http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD005459/pdf_fs.html Record No.: CD005459.

From: Chapter 24, Databases/Retrieval Systems/Datasets on the Internet

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Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers [Internet]. 2nd edition.
Patrias K, author; Wendling D, editor.
Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2007-.
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