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edgar-i:StandardLabelNotLC3 INFORMATION The name attribute of an xsd:element should consist of capitalized words corresponding to the standard label, a convention called LC3.

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concept http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000110465909063192/abt-20090930.xsd abt_DocumentAndEntityInformationAbstract 131 /xsd:schema/xsd:element[1] abt:DocumentAndEntityInformationAbstract Document and Entity Information label http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000110465909063192/abt-20090930_lab.xml label_DocumentAndEntityInformation 506 /link:linkbase/link:labelLink[1]/link:label[199] [xml:lang='en-US'] [xlink_role='http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label'] Document and Entity Information edgar-i:StandardLabelNotLC3 INFORMATION The name attribute of an xsd:element should consist of capitalized words corresponding to the standard label, a convention called LC3.

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concept http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000110465909063192/abt-20090930.xsd abt_NotesToFinancialStatementsAbstract 132 /xsd:schema/xsd:element[2] abt:NotesToFinancialStatementsAbstract Notes to Financial Statements label http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000110465909063192/abt-20090930_lab.xml label_NotesToFinancialStatementsAbstract 509 /link:linkbase/link:labelLink[1]/link:label[200] [xml:lang='en-US'] [xlink_role='http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label'] Notes to Financial Statements