Style Error: Biological Psychiatry

Hi,
There seems to be an error in the Biological Psychiatry format. It seems generally correct, but it is appending either the date retrieved or the letters doi and a series of numbers to the end of most references to journal articles. There was also a problem of not leaving a space between a book's publisher and city of publication in the format.

Here is the description of the reference format from the journal's guide to authors

http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505750/authorinstructions

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References References should be numbered and listed by their order of appearance in the text. Refer to references in the text with the appropriate number in parentheses. References in tables and figures should also be numbered. List all authors; if there are more than seven authors, list the first six then et al. Periodical abbreviations should follow those used by Index Medicus. The following are sample references for a journal article (1), a book (2), and an edited book (3).

1. Krystal JH, Carter CS, Geschwind D, Manji HK, March JS, Nestler EJ, et al. (2008): It is time to take a stand for medical research and against terrorism targeting medical scientists. Biol Psychiatry 63: 725-727.

2. American Psychiatric Association (1994): Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.

3. Martin JH (1985): Properties of cortical neurons, the EEG, and the mechanisms of epilepsy. In: Kandel ER, Schwartz JH, editors. Principles of Neural Science, 2nd ed. New York: Elsevier, pp 461-471.
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Here is how a few of my example references ought to look:

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1. Merikangas KR, Stolar M, Stevens DE, Goulet J, Preisig MA, Fenton B, et al. (1998): Familial transmission of substance use disorders. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry 55: 973–979.
2. Dawson DA, Harford TC, Grant BF (1992): Family history as a predictor of alcohol dependence. Alcohol. Clin. Exp. Res 16: 572–575.
3. Stoltenberg SF, Mudd SA, Blow FC, Hill EM (1998): Evaluating measures of family history of alcoholism: density versus dichotomy. Addiction 93: 1511–1520.
4. Salamone JD (2007): Functions of mesolimbic dopamine: changing concepts and shifting paradigms. Psychopharmacology (Berl.) 191: 389.
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and here is how they're coming out:

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1. Merikangas KR, Stolar M, Stevens DE, Goulet J, Preisig MA, Fenton B, et al. (1998): Familial transmission of substance use disorders. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry 55: 973–979Retrieved April 18, 2011, .
2. Dawson DA, Harford TC, Grant BF (1992): Family history as a predictor of alcohol dependence. Alcohol. Clin. Exp. Res 16: 572–575Retrieved April 18, 2011, .
3. Stoltenberg SF, Mudd SA, Blow FC, Hill EM (1998): Evaluating measures of family history of alcoholism: density versus dichotomy. Addiction 93: 1511–1520Retrieved April 18, 2011, .
4. Salamone JD (2007): Functions of mesolimbic dopamine: changing concepts and shifting paradigms. Psychopharmacology (Berl.) 191: 389doi: 10.1007/s00213-006-0623-9.
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Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Kevin
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