The phrase "a generic reference" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a non-specific mention or allusion to something that does not provide detailed information.
Example: "In the report, the author made a generic reference to the challenges faced by the industry without providing specific examples."
Alternatives: "a broad reference" or "a vague mention".
Therefore, the estimated doses refer to a generic reference individual.
For each patient, effective dose was evaluated using standard coefficients referring to a generic reference individual.
A generic reference model is used to support the in-depth review of literature and cases.
This work developed a reliable "customized" method of zygomatico-orbital bony reconstruction using a generic reference model tailored to each patient.
"When it is simply a generic reference to God it can no more be interpreted as official religion than reading the Declaration of Independence, which says that all men are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights".
China and the Chinese never had anything to do with all this: the Barrio Chino's name is a generic reference to all foreigners, as the area was inhabited by immigrants from other parts of Spain or from abroad.
At one stage the audit firm recommended edits which removed reference to "bars coated with silver", replacing the words with a more generic reference to "an incident in which there were certain documentary irregularities".
More likely it either refers to a military encounter of her father or her husband, or it may be a more generic reference to victory.
So it could be a more generic reference, but I would guess it may have something to do more specifically with the conquest of her husband or her father.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the intended and unintended impact on pharmaceutical use and sales of three public reimbursement reforms applied to the prescription of statins: a Spanish generic reference pricing system, and two competing policies introduced by the Andalusian Public Health Service.
Furthermore, a simple generic reference to TFEU is not sufficient, but the co-legislators must amend the proposal by setting out which provision, given the aim and content of the proposal, ought to form the legal basis for it.
