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AMA Manual of Style (10 ed.) : A Guide for Authors and Editors

AMA Manual of Style Committee

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Mar 2007
Print ISBN-13:
9780195176339
Published to AMA Manual of Style:
Apr 2009
DOI:
10.1093/jama/9780195176339.001.0001
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Correct and Preferred Usage of Common Words and Phrases

Chapter:
Correct and Preferred Usage
Author(s):

Roxanne K. Young

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