The page number on which an article starts, for print journals that have page numbers.
The <fpage> element is used in two contexts:
Electronic-only journals traditionally do not have page numbers and use the <elocation-id> element instead of using the First Page <fpage> or Last Page <lpage> elements.
Text, numbers, or special characters
In article metadata
<article>
<front>
<journal-meta>...</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id pub-id-type="pmid">10092260</article-id>
<title-group><article-title>Systematic review of day hospital care
for elderly people</article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>...</contrib-group>
... <pub-date pub-type="pub"><day>27</day>
<month>3</month>
<year>1999</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>318</volume>
<issue>7187</issue>
<fpage>837</fpage>
<lpage>841</lpage>
<history>...</history>
<copyright-statement>...</copyright-statement>
<abstract>...</abstract>
</article-meta>
...</article>
In a bibliographic reference list
<article...>...
<back>...
<ref-list>...
<ref id="B8"><label>8</label>
<citation>
<name><surname>Weissert</surname>
<given-names>W</given-names></name>
<name><surname>Wan</surname>
<given-names>T</given-names></name>
<name><surname>Livieratos</surname>
<given-names>B</given-names></name>
<name><surname>Katz</surname>
<given-names>S</given-names></name>
<article-title>Effects and costs of day-care services for the
chronically ill: a randomized experiment.</article-title>
<source>Medical Care</source>
<volume>18</volume>
<year>1980</year>
<fpage>567</fpage><lpage>584</lpage>.
<pub-id pub-id-type="pmid">6772889</pub-id>
</citation></ref> ...</ref-list>
...</back>
</article>
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