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Numeric style used in biomedical and health science writing, references listed in citation order. Paste a DOI, ISBN or link and get a correctly formatted Vancouver reference plus the matching in-text citation — free, instant and unlimited. Commonly required in: medicine, nursing, pharmacy, biomedical sciences.
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Journal article
1. Okonkwo C, Bello A. Mobile learning adoption among undergraduate students. Computers & Education. 2023;196:104-118. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2023.104118
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Book
2. Tanenbaum AS. Computer networks. 5th ed. Boston: Pearson; 2011.
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Web page
3. Education statistics 2024 [Internet]. UNESCO Institute for Statistics; 2024 [cited 2026-01-14]. Available from: https://uis.unesco.org/education-statistics
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Thesis
4. Mwangi G. A machine learning approach to crop yield prediction [MSc thesis]. University of Nairobi; 2022.
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