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Vancouver

Aydin Y, Ozhan H, Albayrak S, Turker Y, Bulur S, Erden İ, et al. MELEN Study: Rationale, Methodology and Basic Results. EUR J GEN MED. 2011;8(4):308-13. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82760

APA

Aydin, Y., Ozhan, H., Albayrak, S., Turker, Y., Bulur, S., Erden, İ., Besir, F. H., Demirin, H., Aydin, L. Y., Dikici, S., Memisogullari, R., Baltaci, D., Erkan, M. E., Erbas, M., Yazgan, O., Basar, C., Aydin, M., Alemdar, R., Kaya, A., . . . Erbilen, E. (2011). MELEN Study: Rationale, Methodology and Basic Results. European Journal of General Medicine, 8(4), 308-313. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82760

AMA

Aydin Y, Ozhan H, Albayrak S, et al. MELEN Study: Rationale, Methodology and Basic Results. EUR J GEN MED. 2011;8(4), 308-313. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82760

Chicago

Aydin, Yusuf, Hakan Ozhan, Sinan Albayrak, Yasin Turker, Serkan Bulur, İsmail Erden, Fahri Halit Besir, Hilmi Demirin, Leyla Yilmaz Aydin, Suber Dikici, Ramazan Memisogullari, Davut Baltaci, Melih Engin Erkan, Mesut Erbas, Omer Yazgan, Cengiz Basar, Mesut Aydin, Recai Alemdar, Ahmet Kaya, Serkan Ordu, Onur Caglar, Talha Dumlu, Adem Gungor, Gokhan Celbek, Hayriye Ak Yildirim, Taner Uçgun, Sule Bulur, Emin Yanik, Fatih Canan, Ahmet Karabacak, Subhan Yalcin, Elif Önder, Osman Kayapinar, Ahmet Celer, Cemalettin ., Yusuf Aslantas, İsmail Ekinozu, Hulya Coskun, Özlem Kudas, Sibel Yazgan, Ali Kutlucan, Habip Cil, and Enver Erbilen. "MELEN Study: Rationale, Methodology and Basic Results". European Journal of General Medicine 2011 8 no. 4 (2011): 308-313. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82760

Harvard

Aydin, Y., Ozhan, H., Albayrak, S., Turker, Y., Bulur, S., Erden, İ., . . . Erbilen, E. (2011). MELEN Study: Rationale, Methodology and Basic Results. European Journal of General Medicine, 8(4), pp. 308-313. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82760

MLA

Aydin, Yusuf et al. "MELEN Study: Rationale, Methodology and Basic Results". European Journal of General Medicine, vol. 8, no. 4, 2011, pp. 308-313. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82760