Specific Rules #1 for Title (required) for Entire Books Vancouver Style: Titles containing a Greek letter, chemical formula, or another special character

Capitalize the first word of a book title unless the title begins with a Greek letter, chemical formula, or another special character that might lose its meaning if capitalized.

1,3-dichloro-5,5-dimethylhydantoin: health-based reassessment of administrative occupational exposure limits. The Hague: Health Council of the Netherlands; 2002.

Ruggeri ZM, editor. von Willebrand factor and the mechanisms of platelet function. New York: Springer; c1998. 257 p.

If a title contains a Greek letter or some other symbol that cannot be reproduced with the type fonts available, substitute the name for the symbol. For example, Ω becomes omega.

Huang YS, Ziboh VA, editors. γ-linolenic acid: recent advances in biotechnology and clinical applications. Champaign (IL): AOCS Press; 2001. 259 p.

may become:

Huang YS, Ziboh VA, editors. Gamma-linolenic acid: recent advances in biotechnology and clinical applications. Champaign (IL): AOCS Press; 2001. 259 p.

Juaristi E, Soloshonok VA. Enantioselective synthesis of β-amino acids. 2nd ed. Hoboken (NJ): Wiley; c2005. 634 p.

may become:

Juaristi E, Soloshonok VA. Enantioselective synthesis of beta-amino acids. 2nd ed. Hoboken (NJ): Wiley; c2005. 634 p.

If a title contains superscripts or subscripts that cannot be reproduced with the type fonts available, place the superscript or subscript in parentheses

Schmidt KH, Manheim J. TiO2 nanoparticles. Weinheim (Germany): VCH Verlag GmbH & Co.; 2005. 278 p.

may become:

Schmidt KH, Manheim J. TiO(2) nanoparticles. Weinheim (Germany): VCH Verlag GmbH & Co.; 2005. 278 p.

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General Rules for Title (required) for Entire Books Vancouver Style

Specific Rules #1 for Title (required) for Entire Books Vancouver Style: Titles containing a Greek letter, chemical formula, or another special character

Specific Rules #2 for Title (required) for Entire Books Vancouver Style: Titles not in English

Specific Rules #3 for Title (required) for Entire Books Vancouver Style: Titles in more than one language

Specific Rules #4 for Title (required) for Entire Books Vancouver Style: Titles ending in punctuation other than a period

Specific Rules #5 for Title (required) for Entire Books Vancouver Style: No title can be found

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