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Vancouver

Vancouver is a numbered referencing style requiring an in-text citation within the text of your document and a related entry in a reference list at the end of your document.

E-mail or personal communication - reference list

Only include emails and personal communication in-text if it provides essential information.

Do not include personal communications in your reference list.

For more information on reference list format and style, see General information - basics of referencing.

E-mail or personal communication - in-text citations

In the body of your text, you need the following: Initials and Surname of communicator, and provide an exact date as possible.

Examples

... has been recently identified (May 16, 2019 e-mail from RS Stewart to me).

... the effect on paediatrics (Jun 6, 2019 letter from P Gluckman to me) including the scientific significance.

If you are making a direct quotation, use quotation marks.

J Cook (Apr 1, 2019 email to me) stated that "the chemical compound had ionized".