All references have to be within the last 8 years
CITATION FORMAT : EHP
Right format of reference papers: Last name, Initials, year published. Title, Journal, Volume: (issue) pages.
Example 1: Slotkin TA, MacKillop EA, Ryde IT, Tate CA, Seidler FJ. 2007. Screening for developmental neurotoxicity using PC12 cells: comparisons of organophosphateswith a carbamate, an organochlorine and divalent nickel. Environ Health Perspect 115:93–101.
Example 2: Perera FP. 2008 Children are likely to suffer most from our fossil fuel addiction. Environmental Health Perspectives. 116: 987-990
Example 3: Gale SL, North EM, Mann J, Balmes S, Hammond K, Tager IB. 2012 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and wheeze in a cohort of children with asthma in Fresno, CA. JESEE doi: 10.1038/jes.2012.29
Research Paper (100 points): Student are required to write a qualified research paper based on student’s own research on the peer reviewed journal papers about the environmental health issues. All references must be cited as instructed in EHP format and must be original work. Papers submitted to previous classes are not acceptable. The research paper should include one essential component from each category from the list provided by instructor. The three categories are; 1) Toxic substances, 2)
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Exposure, and 3) Disease. The toxic substance (cause) and disease (effect) should be significantly associated with sufficient supportive research. Look up the original research article publications that are scientifically and specifically characterized with sufficient supportive evidence on the exposure to the toxic substances and the causation of the disease.
The written assignments shall have a minimum of 2,000 words (University requirement) and a maximum of 2,500 words. Count the word content only from introduction to conclusion excluding the list of references and title page for word limit.
Student requires submission of the paper in two forms to decrease the SAR% score during plagiarism detection procedure by exclusion of the title and the reference list.
- Submit main content excluding title and reference list through Safe Assignment link.
- Submit entire paper using template and including title and reference list through submission link.
Point Deduction Penalty
| Violation description | Point Deduction | |
| 1
| When Safe Assignment Report score (SAR%) is greater than 33% (Plagiarism) | Fail Course F grade
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| 2 | When Safe Assignment Report score (SAR%) is greater than 20% and less than 33% (Plagiarism) | 100 pts/paper |
| 3
| Write on research topics that is not on the list | 100 pts/paper
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| 4 | Using other than peer reviewed research publications as a reference. Use of unreliable source that can not be verified its scientific evidence, or not in English. Newspaper article is not a peer reviewed research publications. | 25 pts/each |
| 5 | Shorter than 2,000 words (word will be counted for contents only from introduction to conclusion excluding list of the references) | 20 pts/100 words |
| 6
| Does not follow the section format | 10 pts/paper
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| 7 | Wrong citation of reference in text that does not follow the instruction. Examples are; using whole title of paper, or listing every author with full name, orincluding author’s affiliation to increase the length of the paper word limit | 5 pts/each |
| 8 | Paper uses less than 5 peer reviewed research publications as references or more than 8 peer reviewed research publications as references. | 5 pts/each |
| 9
| Number of words in each section is out of the range (Either less than lower limit or greater than upper limit) | 5 pts/each
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| 10
| Use of quotation marks (“ ”, ‘ ’) for citing the other’s work rather than paraphrasethe contents | 5 pts/each |