Vancouver
This is the Vancouver style for referencing, used at the Univerity of Portsmouth within the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences and the Radiography departments.
This guide is modelled on Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (2nd edition). You may wish to consult this source directly for additional information or examples.
Chapter in an edited book - Ebook
Reference
Author AA, Author BB. Title of chapter. In: Editor AA, Editor BB, editors. Title of the book [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication [note of any update/revision date; cited date YYYY Mon DD]. p. number. Page or chapter number/s. Available from: URL doi: (if available)
Example with a chapter number given
Greer D. Dyspepsia, Peptic Ulcer Disease and Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease. In: Whittlesea C, Hodson K, editors. Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics [Internet]. 6th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier; 2019 [cited 2021 Jun 18]. Chapter 9. Available from: https://elsevierelibrary.co.uk/product/clinical-pharmacy-therapeutics-ebook
Example with page numbers given
Thakur SS, Harendra SP, Schwable CH, Yong G, Defang O. Solubilization of poorly soluble drugs: CyclodextrinBased formulations. In: Ouyang D, Smith SC, editors. Computational pharmaceutics: Application of molecular modeling in drug delivery [Internet]. New York: John Wiley; 2015 [cited 2021 Jun 29]. p. 58-85. Available from: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/portsmouth-ebooks/reader.action?docID=4036415
In-text citation/Reference List
Remember this will be a running number at the first use of a reference. If the reference is re-used then repeat the number allocated.
Keep your style constant, either parenthesis (number) throughout, or superscript number. Do not change between the two. If your department recommends a particular style then use that.
Greer (8 p164) discusses dyspepsia ...
or
Greer 8 (p164) discusses dyspepsia ...