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Vancouver Referencing

Instructions and links for Referencing support

Government reports

In-text citation:

... due to health hazards.2

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Reference list elements:

Author(s). Title of report. Place of publication: Publisher; Date of publication – year month (if applicable). Total number of pages (if applicable eg. 24 p.) Report No.: (if applicable)

Reference list:

  1. Page E, Harney JM. Health hazard evaluation report. Cincinnati (OH): National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (US); 2001 Feb. 24 p. Report No.:HETA2000‐0139‐2824

In-text citation:

... modes of transmission.3

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Author(s). Title of report. Report No.: (if applicable) [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher or Institution; Publication date or year [updated date - year month day; cited date - year month day]. Available from: URL 

  1. Australian Government Department of Health. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) CDNA National Guidelines for Public Health Units. Version 7.4 14 October 2022 [Internet]. Canberra (AU): Commonwealth of Australia; 2022 [cited 2023 Dec 11]. Available from: https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2022/10/coronavirus-covid-19-cdna-national-guidelines-for-public-health-units.pdf

Citing medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers (2nd edition) and AMA manual of style provide detailed guidance in formatting bibliographic citations in Vancouver referencing style.