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<title> Title

Heading or title for a structural element (for example, <sec>, <app>, <boxed-text>).
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This element is not used for any article-level titles.
Attributes
content-type
specific-use

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Models and Context
May be contained in
<abstract>, <ack>, <answer>, <answer-set>, <app>, <app-group>, <author-comment>, <author-notes>, <back>, <bio>, <caption>, <def-list>, <disp-quote>, <explanation>, <fn-group>, <glossary>, <kwd-group>, <legend>, <list>, <list-item>, <notes>, <option>, <question>, <question-preamble>, <question-wrap-group>, <ref-list>, <sec>, <statement>, <supplement>, <table-wrap-foot>, <trans-abstract>, <verse-group>
Description
Any combination of:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  title        (#PCDATA %struct-title-elements;)*           >
Expanded Content Model
(#PCDATA | email | ext-link | uri | inline-supplementary-material |
related-article | related-object | bold | fixed-case | italic | monospace | overline | roman |
sans-serif | sc | strike | underline | ruby | alternatives | inline-graphic | inline-media |
private-char | chem-struct | inline-formula | tex-math | mml:math | abbrev | index-term |
index-term-range-end | milestone-end | milestone-start | named-content | styled-content | fn |
target | xref | sub | sup | break | citation-alternatives | element-citation | mixed-citation |
nlm-citation)*
Tagged Samples
Section titles 
<article dtd-version="1.4">
 <front>...</front>
 <body>
  <sec sec-type="intro">
   <title>Introduction</title>
   <p>Geriatric day hospitals developed rapidly in the United Kingdom in the 1960s
    as an important component of care provision. The model has since been widely
    applied in several Western countries. Day hospitals provide multidisciplinary
    assessment and rehabilitation in an outpatient setting and have a pivotal
    position between hospital and home based services. Although there is
    considerable descriptive literature on day hospital care,<xref ref-type="bibr"
    rid="B1">1</xref> concern has been expressed that evidence for effectiveness is
    equivocal and that day hospital care is expensive.<xref ref-type="bibr"
    rid="B2">2</xref> We therefore undertook a systematic review of the randomised
    trials of day hospital care.</p>
  </sec>
  <sec sec-type="methods">
   <title>Methods</title>
   <p>The primary question addressed was ...</p>
   <sec>
    <title>Inclusion criteria</title>
    <p>We set out to identify all ...</p>
   </sec>
   <sec>
    <title>Search strategy</title>
    <p>We searched for ...</p>
   </sec>
   ...
  </sec>
  ...
 </body>
 ...
</article>
Figure title, inside <caption> 
...
<sec sec-type="results">
 <title>Results</title>
 <p>We identified 703 abstracts, of which 687 were not
  relevant ... Details of randomisation procedures,
  treatment schedules, and numbers of patients followed up
  are given on the <italic>BMJ</italic> website.</p>
 <fig id="F1">
  <caption>
   <title>Deaths among patients receiving day hospital care
    or alternative services.</title>
   <p>Odds ratios of death by end of follow up were calculated by 
    fixed effects model. Heterogeneity between trials is presented as
    χ<sup>2</sup></p>
  </caption>
  <alt-text>Deaths in hospitals or with alternative services</alt-text>
  <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
    xlink:href="fors2662.f1">
   <object-id>456472</object-id>
  </graphic>
 </fig>
 ...
</sec>
...