Specific Rules #4 for Issue Number (required) for Journal Articles Vancouver Style: Options for issues

It is not NLM practice, but an issue number may be omitted if the journal is continuously paginated throughout the volume. However, note that many libraries such as the NLM require issue numbers for retrieval from their collections and for interlibrary loan.

Nallamothu BK, Bradley EH, Krumholz HM. Time to treatment in primary percutaneous coronary intervention. N Engl J Med. 2007 Oct 18;357:1631-8.

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Specific Rules #4 for Issue Number (required) for Journal Articles Vancouver Style: Options for issues

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Specific Rules for Supplement/Part/Special Number to an Issue (required) for Journal Articles Vancouver Style

Examples for Supplement/Part/Special Number to an Issue (required) for Journal Articles Vancouver Style