Visual with no author (artwork, photograph, table, graphic) (MLA)

MLA-79

In-text citation

While the occurrence of diabetes in adults has slowed or decreased throughout Asia over the past thirty years, it has increased significantly in the United States (“Diabetes”).

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Works cited entry

“Diabetes Prevalence in Adults Aged 25 and Over.” The Economist, 27 June 2011, www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/06/diabetes.

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