Elementa

Science

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World Health Organization. 2023 Oct 12. Climate change. Available at https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/climate-change-and-health. Accessed 2026 Oct 15.
In-text (World Health Organization, 2023)
Book
Lee H. 1960. To Kill a Mockingbird. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott.
In-text (Lee, 1960)
Journal Article
Watson JD, Crick FHC. 1953. Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid. Nature 171(4356): 737–738. doi: 10.1038/171737a0
In-text (Watson and Crick, 1953)
Newspaper Article
Wilford JN. 1969 July 21. Men Walk on Moon. The New York Times: 1.
In-text (Wilford, 1969)

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