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Cochrane Style Manual
Names, common terms and terminology
Names, common terms and terminology
Style manual
Cochrane Style Manual
Abbreviations, acronyms and initialisms
When to use abbreviations, acronyms and initialisms
Common abbreviations
Formatting of abbreviations
Abbreviations to avoid
Cochrane review specific
Cochrane review: content, structure, and format
Titles of Cochrane reviews
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Abstracts
Plain language summaries
Headings
Search methods
Tables in Cochrane reviews
Figures in Cochrane reviews
Supplementary materials
Cochrane review software
Formatting
Character formatting (typography)
Indentation
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Paragraph break
Symbols and special characters
Website addresses and links
Grammar, punctuation and writing style
Active and passive voice
Adjectives as nouns
And/or
Compared to/compared with
Prefixes
Punctuation
Simple and accessible English
Tautology
Tense
Upper-case letters
Verbs: single or plural
International considerations
Country names
Currency
English language: regional differences
Ethnic group names
Names, common terms and terminology
Common terms and terminology
Names
Numbers, statistics, and units
Dates
Numbers
Statistical and mathematical presentation
Units and systems of measurement
References
Entering and citing references
References in Cochrane reviews
Entering references
Citing studies and references
Entering and citing references in focused-format reviews
Entering and citing references in long-format reviews
Reference fields
Reference types
Overview of reference types
Journal articles
Cochrane publications
Conference proceedings
Books, monographs, theses
Internet references
Software
Other reference types
Differences between Cochrane and NLM style
Tables and figures
General guidelines for figures and tables
Tables
Figures
About this manual
Using the manual
Revising the manual
Contributors
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How to cite
Cochrane Style Essentials
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