References: the references must be commanded, normalized in accordance to the Vancouver style and indicated by figures following the sequence showed in the text. Identify the references in the text in Arabian numbers, between parenthesis and underwritting. In case of sequence, it should be separated by hyphen; if will be random have to be separated by comma. The precision of the references is under the responsability of the authors.

Examples:

Magazines Articles

a) Standard Articles
No indication of the fascículo
Oliveira MAC, Egry EY. A historicidade das teorias interpretativas do processo saúde-doença. Rev Esc Enferm USP 2000; 34:9-15.
Indicating the fascículo
Martell R. New prescribing powers mooted for 10.000 nurses. Nurs Times 2000; 96(44):7-15.

b) The Institution as an Author
The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Clinical exercise stress testing. Safety and performance guidelines. Med J Aust 1996; 164:282-4.

c) No authorship identification
Combating undernutrition in the Third World. Lancet 1988; 1(8581): 334-6.

d) Edition with supplement
Shen HM, Zhang QF. Risk assessment of nickel carci nogenicity and occupation lung cancer. Environ Health Perspect 1994; 102 Suppl 1:275-82.

e) Fascicle with supplement
Payne DK, Sullivan MD, Massie MJ. Women's psychological reactions to breast cancer. Semin Oncol 1966; 23(1 Suppl 2):89-97.

f) Part of a volume
Milward AJ, Meldrum BS, Mellamby JH. Forebrain ischaemia with CA 1 cell loss impairs epileptogenesis in the tetanus toxin limbra seizure model. Brain 1999; 122 (Pt 6):100-16.

g) Part of a fascículo fascicle
Jones J. Management of leg ulcers. Nurs Times 2000; 96(43 Pt 2):45-6.

h) Fascicle without a volume Fascicle
Ribeiro LS. Uma visão sobre o tratamento dos doentes mentais no sistema público de saúde. Rev USP 1999; (43):55-9.

i) No Fascicle and no volume
Duhl L. A saúde e a vida citadina. Saúde Mundo 1990:10-2.

j) Indication of the article kind, if necessary (review, abstract, etc.)
Rogan WJ. Polluctants in breast milk. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1996; 150:981-90.
[Abstract 1329 in Rev Med Vet Entomol 1997; 85:183]
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k) Articles with published errata
Hamlin JA, Kalin AM. Hermography in symptomatic patients following inguinal herma repair [published erratum in West J Med 1995; 162:28-31].

Books and other monographies

a) A Person as an Author
Cassiani SHB. Administração de medicamentos. São Paulo: EPU; 2000.

b) Organizer, Editor, Compilador as an Author
Norman IJ, Redfern SJ, editors. Mental health care for elderley people. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1996.

c) The Institution as an Author and Publisher
Ministério da Saúde (BR). Coordenação de Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente. Tratamento de pneumonia em hospitais de pequeno e médio porte. Brasília (DF); 1977.

d) Book Chapter
Phillips SJ, Whisnart JP. Hypertension and stroke. In: Laragh JH, Brenner BM, editors. Hypertension: pathophisiology, diagnosis and management. 2nd ed. New York: Raven Press; 1995. p. 465-78.

e) Chapter without Authorship
Mayhall CG, editor. Hospital epidemiolohgy and infection control. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincot; 1999. Nossocomial burn wound infections; 275-86.

f) Event (Anais, Programs, etc.)
Sawara BB. A liberdade criativa no processo de partcipação política na era da globalização. In: Anais do 2.º Seminário Nacional sobre Comportamento Político; 1995 nov. 16-20; Florianópolis. Florianópolis: UFSC; 1995. p. 20.

g) Trial presented in an Event
Fonseca RMGS. Mulher e saúde: avanços e problemas [Apresentado à 15.ª Convenção Capixaba de Enfermagem; 1995 set 20; Vitória].

h) Scientifical or Technical Report
Organización Panamericana de la Salud. Las consideraciones de salud en las americas: 1969-1972. Washington (DC); 1974. (OPAS-Publicacion Científica, 287).

i) Papers and e Thesis
Pirolo SM. A equipe de enfermagem e o mito do trabalho em grupo. [dissertação] São Paulo (SP): Escola de Enfermagem da USP; 1999.

j) Newspaper Article
Matins L. Avanço do HIV é ignorado por estatísticas. Folha de São Paulo 1997 nov 7; Caderno 3:3

k) audiovisual Material
HIV+/AIDS: the facts and the future [videocassete]. St. Louis(MO):Mosby-Year Book; 1995.

l) Legal Documents
Brasil. Lawi n.º 7.498, dated June 25, 1986. Refers about the regulation of the Nursing activities and makes other arrangements. Diário Oficial da República Federativa do Brasil, Brasília, 26 jun. 1986. Section 1, p. 1.

São Paulo (Estado). Decrete n.º 42.822, dated January 20,1998. Refers about the closing of management units of the direct management organisms and makes related arrangements. Lex: legislation and law got into groups, São Paulo, v. 62, n.3, p. 217-220, 1998.

m) Holy Bible Text
The holy Bible. King James version. Grand Rapids (MI):Zondervan Publishing House; 1995. Ruth 3:1-18.

n) Dictionaries and similar references work
Steadman's medical dictionary. 26th ed. Baltimore:Williams & Wilkins; 1995. Apraxia; p.119-20.

No published Material

a) Waiting for printting
Souza SNDH, Rosetto EG, Sodré TM. Aplicação da teoria de Parse no relacionamento enfermeiro-indivíduo. Rev Esc Enferm USP. No prelo 2001.

Eletronic Material

a) Monography in electronic form
Prado FC, Ramos J, Ribeiro do Valle J. Atualização terapêutica: manual prático de diagnóstico e tratamento [monografia em CD ROM]. São Paulo: Artes Médicas; 1996.
Carrol L. Alice's adventures in wonderland [monograph online] Dortmund: Windspiel; 1994.
Available from: http://www.germany.eu.net/books/carrol/alice.html (10 mar.1999)

b) Magazines Articles
Newell R, Clarke M. Evaluation of a self-help leaflet in treatment of social difficulties following facial disfigurement. Int J Nurs Stud [serial online] 2000; 37:381-8. Available from:
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ijnurstu (19 mar. 2001)

c) Computer Program
Adobe photoshop [computer program]. Version 2.5 for Windows. Seattle (WA): Adobe Systems Incorporated; 1993. 4 disks.