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Instructions for Extended Abstracts Preparation

  • Extended abstracts must be written in English.
  • Maximum number of pages is 4 (including title, authors’ names and affiliations, body text, figures and tables, acknowledgements and references).
  • The required letter font is “Times New Roman” in 11-point type (except for the title, which is 12).
  • Text should be single-spaced with right margin justification.
  • The headings should be in "Title Case" and boldface.
  • Leave one blank line after the title, authors names, affiliations, section texts, figures or tables, acknowledgement.
  • Do not indent paragraphs, but separate them by a space.
  • Use 2.5 cm margins on each side and 4.0 cm margins on the top and bottom.
  • Tables and figures (optional) must be numbered, have titles and be referred to in the text.
  • Do not number the pages.
  • Abstract is submitted as a PDF file.
  • Extended abstracts should have the following structure:
    • Title of Extended Abstract. The title should be written in “Title Case”, Times New Roman font, font size 12, bold, centered. Maximum 200 characters.
    • Authors names and affiliations follow under the title. The first name (and middle initials if applicable) is followed by the surname. If authors are not from the same organisation, a number in superscript after the surname indicates the affiliation, which are numbered below with corresponding superscript numbers. Authors names are separated by commas. The presenting author's full name is underlined. The affiliations of the authors should include the organisation name and postal address.
    • Introduction.
    • Materials and Methods.
    • Results and Discussion. Results must be stated clearly. Please refrain from writing "Results will be presented/discussed at the workshop".
    • Acknowledgement. (optional)
    • References. Please refer to the literature sources in the text as follows: (Last name et al. YEAR) or if two authors (Last name & Last name YEAR) and list them at the end in alphabetical order. In the reference list, write out the complete list of authors and do not use “et al.”. Titles of journal articles should be omitted. Skip a space between entries.

Example:

PBDEs in the Environment

Jacob de Boer1, Pim E.G. Leonards1, Heather A. Leslie1, Bo Jansson2
1Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, P.O. Box 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
2Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden

 

Introduction.

Materials and Methods.

Results and Discussion. Results must be stated clearly. Please refrain from writing
“Results will be presented/discussed at the workshop”.

Acknowledgement. (optional)

References. Please refer to the literature sources in the text as follows: (Last name et al.
YEAR) or if two authors (Last name & Last name YEAR) and list them at the end in
alphabetical order. In the reference list, write out the complete list of authors and do not
use “et al.”. Titles of journal articles should be omitted. Skip a space between entries.
Example reference list:

Guvenius DM. 2002. PhD Thesis, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics,
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Haug SL, Becher G. 2004. Interlaboratory Comparison on Dioxins in Food, Fifth
Round of an International Study, Report 2004:6, Norwegian Institute of Public Health,
Oslo, ISBN 82-8082-100-7.

Hites RA. 2004. Environ Sci Technol 38:945.

Nicholson WJ, Landrigan PJ. 1994. In: Dioxins and Health, Schechter A. (ed.), Plenum
Press, New York, 487.

Thomsen C, Lundanes E, Becher G. 2002. Environ Sci Technol 36:1414.

Thomsen C, Frøshaug M, Leknes H, Becher G. 2003. Organohalogen Comp 64:33.


Note that NO summary is included in the extended abstract.