Specific Rules #3 for Notes (optional) for Journal Articles Vancouver Style: Electronic publication before print

To indicate that a journal article was available over the Internet before it was available in print, follow the location (pagination) for the article with the word "Epub" and the date of Internet publication in the format year month day. Provide months in English and abbreviate them to the first three letters, such as Jan for January.

Nieboer P, de Vries EG, Mulder NH, van der Graaf WT. Relevance of high-dose chemotherapy in solid tumours. Cancer Treat Rev. 2005 May;31(3):210-25. Epub 2005 Mar 19.

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Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers [Internet]. 2nd edition. Chapter 1: Journals

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Specific Rules #4 for Notes (optional) for Journal Articles Vancouver Style: Article accompanied by a videocassette, CD-ROM, DVD, etc.

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