Related Elements

A number of elements in this Suite relate to page numbers used in bibliographic citations (<element-citation> and <mixed-citation>):

• <fpage> names the page number on which a referenced item begins;
• <lpage> names the page number on which a referenced item ends (which should be the same page number or a number larger than the starting page number);
• <elocation-id> replaces the start and end page elements just described for electronic-only publications;
• <page-range> records discontinuous page ranges (See note below.); and
• <page-count> (deprecated) holds the total page count, if a page count is included for a referenced item, only in an in an <nlm-citation>, which is now a deprecated element. Other citation types use <size>, with an @units of “page”.

Note: The <page-range> is intended to record supplementary information and should not be used in the place of the <fpage> and <lpage> elements, which are typically needed for citation matching. The <page-range> element is merely a text string, containing such material as “8-11, 14-19, 40”, which would mean that the article began on page 8, ran through 11, skipped to page 14, ran through 19, and concluded on page 40.

<!ELEMENT  page-count    EMPTY                                       >

...
<ref>
<nlm-citation publication-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Lawrence</surname>
<given-names>Ruth A</given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source>A review of the medical benefits and contraindications 
to breastfeeding in the United States [Internet]</source>
<year>1997</year>
<month>10</month>
<access-date>cited 2000 Apr 24</access-date>
<publisher-loc>Arlington (VA)</publisher-loc>
<publisher-name>National Center for Education in Maternal 
and Child Health</publisher-name>
<page-count count="40" />
<comment>Available from: 
<ext-link ext-link-type="url" xlink:href="www.ncemch.org/pubs/PDFs/
breastfeedingTIB.pdf">http://www.ncemch.org/pubs/PDFs/
breastfeedingTIB.pdf</ext-link>
</comment>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
...