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Reference list entry: Government report

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Government report (1):
From Government Printing Office (GPO); organization as author (group author)

 
National Institute of Mental Health. (1998).
     Priorities for prevention research (NIH
     Publication No. 98-4321). Washington, DC:
     U.S. Government Printing Office.

[Note: Any document available from GPO should show GPO as publisher.]
Government report (2):
Obtained online; organization as author (group author)
 
U.S. Public Health Service. (2000). Report of the
     surgeon general's conference on children's
     mental health: A national section agenda.
     Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health
     and Human Services. Retrieved on August 25,
     2001, from
     http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/chilreport.htm

 

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