A count of the number of text, table and figure pages and of the number of words in the manuscript, including main text, references and legends for figures and tables should also be given. Please also supply phone and fax numbers, as well as your e-mail address. Brief Reports should not have abstracts. Avoid footnotes as far as possible. When essential, they are numbered consecutively and typed at the foot of the appropriate page.
Tables require a heading and figures a legend, also prepared on a separate sheet.
Due to technical reasons, figures with a screen background should not be submitted. On the back of each illustration, indicate its number, the author s name, and top with a soft pencil. Colour illustrations are reproduced at the author s expense. The list of references should include only those publications which are cited in the text. The surnames of the authors followed by initials should be given.