Illustrations, figures and pictures should not be embedded in the document. Their intended position, however, should be clearly indicated. Illustrations and pictures should be saved as separate documents in TIFF, GIF or JPEG formats. Tables may be embedded in the paper. Slides must be converted to soft-copy graphics files or to photographs.
Abbreviations mean different things to different readers.
Abbreviations are only to be used after the complete expression and the abbreviation in brackets has appeared. SI units are to be used for all articles. Any normal ranges should also be included. References are collated at the end of the article. Annotation of the references should accord with the abbreviations used in Index Medicus .