Abstract formatting instructions

Abstracts must be submitted in English

Title: In title case, maximum 20 words.

Author(s): Enter names and country in the appropriete fields.

Affiliation(s): Department, institution, city, country. You can enter more than one affiliation for the authors.

Text: For studies use a structured approach with bolded subheadings (background, objective/aim, methods, results, conclusion, discussion). The text should run on from the bolded subheading after a colon (also bolded). Maximum 400 words. The online form has separate sections for entering the title and authors information, don't repeat it in the text of the abstract.

References: Cite in text as ^[x]. List on separate lines preceded by the relevant number. Use Vancouver style. A maximum of 6 references can be included.

Tables: One table can be included with each abstract and the table must not contain more than 4 columns and 10 rows. Please prepare the table in ‘table format', rather than using ‘tab' or ‘indent' commands. Do not format using word spaces. The online form has a special section for the table. This is an example of the standard style for tables.

Table I. Table heading

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Abbreviation = XXXX; abbreviation = XXXX.

Figures: these cannot be included

After completing all the sections of the online form, you will see a preview of the formatted abstract. This is an example of a correctly formatted abstract.