The identifier of a publication, such as a related journal article, that is listed within a <citation> inside an article’s <ref-list>
The pub-id-type attribute is used either to identify the type of identifier, or to name the authority, organization, or system that defined this identifier, for example identifying a DOI, Medline identifier, PII, the publisher’s identifier, etc. (See pub-id-type for values.)
<!ELEMENT pub-id (#PCDATA) >
Text, numbers, or special characters
<citation> Citation; <product> Product Information; <related-article> Related Article Information
<article>
<front>...
</front>
<body>
...
</body>
<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>
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