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Please note the following:

• The closing date for the submission of abstracts is 30 January 2011.
• All abstracts must be submitted on-line via downloading your Word document below
• Please note that no hardcopy submissions will be accepted, and therefore faxed or posted abstracts will not be processed.
• All appropriately submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee.
• Authors are invited to indicate their preference for oral and/or poster presentation, but the final decision on the format of the presentation rests with the Scientific Committee.
• All abstracts received will be acknowledges, and authors will be sent acceptance or rejection letters by 28 February 2011.

1. Each abstract must clearly state the following:
1. Title of abstract (not longer than 20 words)
2. Name and list of all authors. The name of the presenting author must appear first in the list of authors.
3. Affiliation of all authors
4. Contact details of presenting author (telephone number, e-mail address, etc)
5. Preferred format of presentation (oral or poster)


2. Abstracts must be submitted in English, single line spacing. Arial font.



3. The body of the text must not exceed 450 words (this excludes the information listed in point 1.)



4. Please adhere to the following international accepted format for all abstracts:
1. Introduction: should be brief and informative and state the aim of the study
2. Methods: include description of subjects and research methodology
3. Results: outline the findings of the study supported by statistics as appropriate. Do not use figures, graphs or tables in the abstract. The data provided must be sufficient to permit peer review of the abstract
4. Conclusion: provide summary and relevance of the main findings