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APA: F. Government Document

Online Government Document (p. 205)

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General Format

      In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): 
      (Government Author, Year)
     
      In-Text Citation (Quotation):
      (Government Author, Year, page or paragraph number [if available])
 
      References:
      Government Name. Name of Government Agency. (Year). Title of document: Subtitle
            (Report No. xxx [if available]). Retrieved from URL of specific document
  
Example
 
      In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): 
      (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2003)
 
      In-Text Citation (Quotation):
      (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2003)
 
      References:
      U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health,
            National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. (2003). Managing asthma: A
            guide for schools (NIH publication No. 02-2650).Retrieved from
            http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/lung/asthma/asth_sch.pdf

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