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Health & Human Performance: Citing Sources in AMA

About AMA Style

AMA stands for the American Medical Association. It is a formatting and referencing style commonly used in health sciences fields, such as Health and Human Performance. 

AMA Citation Examples

  Format Example
Print Author(s). Article title. Journal Title. Year;volume(issue #): pages. Wormser GP, Ramanathan R, Nowakowski J, et al. Duration of antibiotic therapy for early Lyme disease. Ann Intern Med. 2003;138:697-705.
Online Author(s). Article title. Journal Title. Year;volume(issue #): pages. DOI or URL. Accessed date (if using URL). Florez HR, Martinez RL. Outdoor exercise reduces the risk of hypovitaminosis D in the obese. J Steroid Biochem Mol Bio. 2007;103(3-5):679-681. doi:10.1016 /j.jsbmb.2006.12.032.

 

 

  Format Example
Book Author. Book Title. Edition # (unless it's the first or only edition). City, State or Country of Publisher: Publisher's Name; publication year. Goldberg L, Elliot DL. Exercise for Prevention and Treatment of Illness. Philadelphia, PA: FA Davis Co; 1994.
Chapter of an edited volume Author. Book Chapter. In: Editor, ed. Book Title. Edition # (unless it's the first or only edition). City, State or Country of Publisher: Publisher's Name; publication year: page range. Gamble VN. On becoming a physician: a dream not deferred. In: White EC, ed. The Black Women's Health Book: Speaking for Ourselves. Seattle, Wash: Seal Press; 1990:52-64.

 

  Format Example
Website Author. Title. Name of Website. URL. Accessed date.  Carlson SJ. Step up your activity to help lower risk of diabetes. Mayo Clinic website. http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/diabetes/expert-blog/lower-diabetes-risk-withactivity/bgp-20142203. Published June 4, 2015. Accessed August 20, 2017.

Note: The name of the organization who made the website can be used in place of an author name or website name when they are not available. 

AMA Manual of Style

AMA Quick Tips

  • AMA references should be listed in the order they were used in your paper, not alphabetical order.
  • Unpublished materials should be cited in-text, but should not appear in your references section.
  • Each reference number should correspond to a single source.
  • AMA is sometimes referred to as JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association). If you're using a citation management tool and don't see AMA listed, check for JAMA.
  • When citing a source with more than six authors, list the first three followed by "et al." 

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