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Telephone: (617) 227-8747. Fax: (617) 227-9405
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Programme Director: Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw
Programme Assistant: Ms. Edwina B. Murray
At the UNU Centre Tokyo:
Training and Fellowship Officer: Dr. Abraham Besrat
Associated institutions
CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (CFTRI). Mysore 570013, India. Tel. 22298. Cable: UNVERCENT MYSORE. Telex: 0846-241 FTRI IN. Coordinator: Dr. D. Rajagopal Rao
DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF GHANA (DNFS). P.O. Box 134, Legon, Ghana. Tel. 233 27 553090. Fax: 233 21 774880. Telex: 2446 UGL GH. Coordinator: Dr. Samuel Sefa-Dedeh
INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY (IATA). Jaime Roig 11, Valencia 10, Spain. Tel. 369-08-00. Cable: IATA. Valencia 10, Spain. Coordinator: Dr. Salvador Barber
INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION, MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY (INMU). Salaya Campus, c/o Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Rama Vl Road, Bangkok 4, Thailand. Tel. 282-6435. Coordinator: Dr. Kraisid Tontisirin
INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY (INTA). University of Chile, Casilla 15138, Santiago 11, Chile. Tel. 214105, 214030. Cable: INTA CHILE. Coordinator: Dr. Ricardo Uauy
INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION OF CENTRAL AMERICA AND PANAMA (INCAP). Carretera Roosevelt, Zona 11, Guatemala City, Guatemala. Tel. 43762. Cable: INCAP GUATEMALA. Coordinator: Dr. Hernán Delgado
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KAIST). P.O. Box 131, Cheongryang, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Tel. (967) 8801. Cable: KISTROK Telex: KISTROK K 27380. Coordinator: Dr. Tai-Wan Kwon
LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE (LSHTM). Keppel Street (Gower Street), London WC1E 7HT, UK. Tel. 01-636 8636.
NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NFRI). 2-12 Kannondai, Yatabe-machi, Tsukuba-gun, Ibaraki-ken 300-21, Japan. Tel. 02875-6-8011. Coordinator: Dr. Keiji Umeda
NETHERLANDS INTERNATIONAL NUTRITION INSTITUTE (NINI). Lawickse Allee 11, P.O. Box 88, 6700 AB, Wageningen, Netherlands. Tel. (08370) 19040. Coordinator: Dr. Joseph Hautvast
NUTRITION CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES (NCP). Nutrition Center of the Philippines Bldg., South Super Highway, Nichols Interchange, Makati, Metro Manila 3116, Philippines. Tel. 85-30-71 to -79. Cable: NUTRICEN MANILA. Coordinator: Dr. Mercedes de Solon
UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI (UNK). Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Kabete Campus, P.O. Box 41670, Nairobi, Kenya. Coordinator: Dr. A. A. Kielmann
UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO (USP). School of Public Health, Avenida Dr. Arnaldo, 715, São Paulo, S.P., Brazil. Coordinator: Dr. Ruy Laurenti
UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES (UWI). St. Augustine Campus: Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Crop Science, St. Augustine, Trinidad. Tel. 662-7171. Cable: STOMATA PORT OF SPAIN. Resident Coordinator: Dr. Lloyd Rankine. Mona Campus: Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica. Tel. 927-6661. Cable: UNIVERS JAMAICA. Contact: Dr. Michael Golden
Other cooperating organizations
Argentina
Centro de Estudios sobre Nutrición Infantil (CESNI), Buenos
Aires, Argentina (Dr. Alejandro O'Donnell)
Brazil
State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas, Brazil
University of Sao Paulo. Ribeirao Prêto, Brazil (Dr. Jose Dutra
de Oliveira)
Guatemala
Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment, Aging and
Metabolism (CeSSIAM), Guatemala City, Guatemala (Dr. Noel W.
Solomons)
India
National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Indian Council of
Medical Research, Hyderabad, India (Dr. M. Mohanram)
Kazakhstan
Center of Regional Problems of Nutrition, Academy of
Sciences of Kazakhstan, Alma Ata (Dr. Sharmanov Turegeldy)
Korea
Korea Food Research Institute (KFRI), 148-1 Dangsu, Bagwol,
Hwaseong, Kyonggi, Korea 445-820 (Dr. Chung Yun Park)
Netherlands
Department of Human Nutrition, Agricultural University,
Wageningen, Netherlands (Dr. P. Middelburg)
Department Tropical Nutrition, Royal Tropical Institute,
Amsterdam, Netherlands (Prof. J. Kusin)
Division for Nutrition and Food Research, TNO, Zeist, Netherlands
(Prof. B. Krol)
International Course in Food Science and Nutrition (ICFSN),
Wageningen, Netherlands (Dr. M. L. J. Mertens)
Netherlands Universities Foundation for International Cooperation
(NUFFIC), The Hague, Netherlands (Dr. C. W. Klugkist)
Philippines
Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Manila, Philippines
(Dr. Rodolfo Florentino)
University of the Philippines at Los Baños, Los Baños,
Philippines (Dr. Cora Barbera)
Spain
Instituto de Nutrición, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Cientificos de España, Madrid, Spain (Dr. Gregorio Varela)
United Kingdom
Agricultural Research Council, Food Research Institute,
Norwich, UK
Department of Food Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK
(Dr. Harry Nursten)
Food Research Institute, Norwich, UK (Dr. David South-gate)
Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton,
UK
United States
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass., USA (Dr. Peter Pellett)
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca,
N.Y., USA (Dr. C. Garza)
Program in International Nutrition, University of California,
Davis, Calif, USA (Dr. Lindsay Allen)
School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,
Md., USA (Dr. Benjamin Caballero)
School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles.
Calif. USA (Dr. Snehendu B. Kar)
Tufts University School of Nutrition, Medford, Mass., USA (Dr.
Beatrice Rogers)
USDA Human Nutrition Center on Aging, Boston, Mass, USA (Dr.
Irwin Rosenberg)
West Indies
Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute (CFNI), Kingston,
Jamaica (Dr. A. W. Patterson)
International organization
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI),
Washington, D.C., USA
International scientific unions
International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST)
International Union of Nutrition Sciences (IUNS)
The United Nations system
The UNU Programme on Food and Nutrition for Human and Social
Development cooperates with the appropriate units or divisions of
the following organizations, among others:
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
World Bank (IBRD)
World Food Programme (WFP)
World Health Organization (WHO)
The University is represented on the Sub-committee on Nutrition (SCN) of the United Nations Administrative Committee on Coordination.
Research networks
Chronic energy deficiency
International Dietary Energy Consultative Group (IDECG). Secretariat: Nestlé Foundation, 4 Place de la Gare, Lausanne, Switzerland. Executive Secretary: Dr. Beat Shürch. Tel. 4121 320 3351. Fax: 4121 320 3392. Executive committee: Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw, Chairman; Dr. Joseph Hautvast, Dr. Beat Shürch
Division of Nutrition, National Institute of Nutrition, Calle Vasco de Quiroga No. 15 Col. y Deleg. Tlalpan, 14000 Mexico, D.F., Mexico. Principal investigator: Dr. Hector Bourges
Ethiopian Nutrition Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Principal investigator: Dr. Teshome Demeke
Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, 29 Nan Wei Road, Beijing 100050, China. Principal investigator: Dr. Chen Xue-Cun
Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 15138, Santiago 11, Chile. Principal investigator: Dr. Ricardo Uauy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Principal investigator: Dr. Vernon R. Young
Medical College in Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. Principal investigator: Dr. Gerald B. Spurr
National Institute of Nutrition, Via Ardeatina 546, Rome, Italy. Principal investigator: Dr. Anna Ferro-Luzzi
Nutrition Research and Development Centre, Komplek GIZI, Jalan Semboja, Bogor, Indonesia. Principal investigator: Dr. Darwin Karyadi
Nutrition Research Centre, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore 560 034, India. Principal investigator: Dr. Anura V. Kurpad
Universidad del Valle, Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicinal Apartado Aéreo 2188, Cali, Colombia. Principal investigator: Dr. Julio C. Reina
University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK. Principal investigator: Dr. John Durnin
University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica. Principal investigator: Dr. Sally McGregor
Iron-deficiency anaemia
Group for the Control of Iron Deficiency (GCID). Secretariat: Department of Nutrition Sciences, 119 Morgan Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94270, USA. Tel. (510) 642-6900. Executive Secretary: Dr. Fernando Viteri. Chairman: Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw.
Beijing Medical College-UNICEF, Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Beijing, China. Principal investigator: Dr. Shiu-yun Liu
Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute, Kingston, Jamaica. Principal investigator: Dr. A. W. Patterson
Ecole Nationale de Médecine et de Pharmacie du Mali, Service Hématologie, Bamako, Mali. Principal investigator: Dr. Dapa Diallo
Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Manila, Philippines. Principal investigator: Dr. Rodolfo Florentino
Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Principal investigator: Dr. T. E. Siong
Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University (INMU), Salaya Campus, c/o Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Rama Vl Road, Bangkok 4, Thailand. Principal investigator: Dr. Kraisid Tontisirin
Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA), University of Chile, Casilla 15138, Santiago 11. Chile. Principal investigator: Dr. Tomas Walter
Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP), Carretera Roosevelt, Zona 11, Guatemala City, Guatemala. Principal investigator: Dr. Benjamin Torún
Laboratory of Iron Deficiency Study (LIDS), Department of Pediatrics, First Clinical College, Beijing Medical University, West City, Beijing 100034, China. Principal investigator: Dr. Chen-Ting Chin
National Institute of Nutrition, Cairo, Egypt. Principal investigator: Dr. Mohammed A. Hussein
National Institute of Nutrition, ICMR, Hyderabad, India. Principal investigator: Dr. Vinodini Reddy
National Research Centre, National Academy of Sciences, Cairo, Egypt. Principal investigator: Dr. Sohair Salem
Nutrition Research and Development Centre, Komplek GIZI, Jalan Semboja, Bogor, Indonesia. Principal investigator: Dr. Darwin Karyadi
Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Principal investigator: Dr. F. P. Kavishe
Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research (IVIC), Apartado 1827, Caracas, Venezuela. Principle investigator: Dr. Miguel Layrisse
Rapid assessment procedures for nutrition and primary health care-Anthropological approaches to Improving programme effectiveness
Secretariat: UNU Boston Programme Office, Charles St. Sta., P.O. Box 500, Boston, MA 02114-0500, USA. Tel. (617) 227-8747; fax (617) 227-9405; telex 650 3978146 MCI UW; e-mail UNUCPO@'NF.UNU.EDU. Programme coordinator: Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw
Cooperating investigators and advisers:
Dr. Simi Afonia, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Dr. Margaret Bentley, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Dr. Michael Cernea. Sociology Advisor, World Bank, 1818 H St., NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA
Dr. Robert Chambers, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 SIRE, England
Jasmina Estupinan, Psiconsult, Apdo. Postal 148C, Batan 124 y Eloy Alfaro, Quito, Ecuador
Dr. Peter Heywood. World Bank, 1818 H St., NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA
Dr. Pamela Hunte, UNDP, Islamabad, Pakistan
Lic.. Elena Hurtado, Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama, P.O. Box 1188, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Dr. Susi Kessler, Evaluation Division. UNICEF:USA, 3 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA
Dr. Yongyout Kachondham, Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Salaya Campus, c/o Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Rama Vl Rd., Bangkok 4, Thailand
Dr. Christine Lamba, Centre for Social Research and Chancellor College, University of Malawi, Box 278 Zomba, Malawi
Dr. Sandra Lane, University of California, San Francisco, Calif., USA
Dr. María de la Luz Alvarez, Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnologia de los Alimentos, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 15138, Santiago 11, Chile
Dr. Lenore Manderson, Tropical Health Program, University of Queensland Medical School, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia
Asha Mohamud, Deputy Director, FH/FP Unit, Ministry of Health P.O. Box 1750, Mogadisho, Somalia
Dra. Clarice Mota, Instituo de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Largo de São Francisco, 1/4 Andar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dr. David O. Nyamwaya, Institute of African Studies, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Dr. A. W. Patterson, Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute, P.O. Box 140, Kingston 17, Jamaica
Dr. Gretel Pelto, Nutrition Division, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. D. Raghunandan, Society for Economic and Social Studies, B-1 2nd floor LSC, J Block, Saket, New Delhi 110 017, India
Dr. Kong-Kyun Ro, Department of Management Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 131, Cheongryang, Seoul, Korea
Prof. María E. Romero, Universidad Javeriana, Bogatá, Colombia
Dr. Susan C. M. Scrimshaw, School of Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago, 111., USA
Dr. Vijaya Shrestha, Box 3067, Kathmandu, Nepal
Dr. Ngokwey Ndolamb, UNICEF, Dakar, Senegal
International Network of Food Data Systems (INFOODS)
Secretariat: Charles St. Sta., P.O. Box 500, Boston, MA 02114-0500, USA. Tel. (617) 227-8747; fax (617) 2279405; telex 650 3978146 MCI UW; e-mail UNUCPO@INF.UNU.EDU. Consultant director: Dr. John C. Klensin. Managing director: Dr. Barbara Burlingame, DSIR, Palmerston North, New Zealand; tel. (063) 68019; fax (063) 61130; e-mail BURLINGAMEB%PNCRI3@PNCRI- 1.PALM.CRI. NZ
Regional liaison groups:
AFROFOODS. Coordinator: Dr. Lilian Marovatsanga, University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box MP 167, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe
ARABFOODS. Coordinator: Dr. Raja Tannous, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
ASEANFOODS. Coordinator: Dr. Aree Valyasevi, Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. National coordinators: Dr. Prapasri Puwastien, INMU, Bangkok, Thailand; Dr. Tee E. Siong, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Dr. Aida Aguinaldo, Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Manila, Philippines
EUROFOODS. Coordinator: Dr. Clive West, Department of Human Nutrition, Agricultural University, Wageningen, Netherlands
LATINFOODS. Coordinator: Dr. Ricardo Bressani, Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama. Guatemala City, Guatemala
MENAFOODS. Coordinator: Dr. Mohamed Amr Hussein, Director, Nutrition Institute, Cairo, Egypt
NORDICFOODS. Coordinator: Dr. Åke Bruce, Swedish National Food Administration, Uppsala, Sweden
OCEANIAFOODS. Coordinator: Dr. Barbara Burlingame, DSIR, Private Bag, Palmerston North, New Zealand
SOUTHASIAFOODS. Coordinator: Dr. Mushtaq A. Khan, Nutrition Section, Planning Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan
The editors of the Food and Nutrition Bulletin welcome contributions of relevance to its concerns (see the statement of editorial policy on the inside of the front cover). Submission of an article does not guarantee publication-which depends on the judgement of the editors as to its relevance and quality. Contributors should review recent issues of the Bulletin for content and style.
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Photographs. Ideally photographic materials should be submitted in the form of black and white negatives or black and white glossy prints. Photographs will not he returned unless a specific request is made.
Units of measurement. Preferably all measurements should be expressed in metric units. If other units are used, their metric equivalents should be indicated.
References. References should be listed at the end of the article, also double-spaced. Unpublished papers should not be listed in references. nor should papers submitted for publication hut not yet accepted.
Number references consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. Identify references in the text and in tables and figure legends by arabic numerals enclosed in square brackets. References cited only in
tables or figure legends should be numbered in accordance with the first mention of the relevant table or figure in the text. Be sure references are complete.
Reference citations should follow the format illustrated below.
Journal reference
-standard journal article (list all
authors):
1. Alvarez ML, Mikasic D, Ottenberger A, Salazar ME.
Características de familias urbanas con lactante desnutrido: un
análisis crítico. Arch Latinoam Nutr 1979;29:220-3().
-corporate author:
2. Committee on Enzymes of the Scandinavian Society for Clinical
Chemistry and Clinical Physiology. Recommended method for the
determination of gammaglutamyltransferase in blood. Scand J Clin
Lab Invest 1976;36:1 19-25.
Book or other monograph reference
-personal author(s):
3. Brozek J. Malnutrition and human behavior: experimental,
clinical and community studies. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold,
1985.
-corporate author:
4. American Medical Association, Department of Drugs. AMA drug
evaluations. 3rd ed. Littleton. Mass, USA: Publishing Sciences
Group, 1977.
-editor, compiler, chairman as author:
5. Medioni J. Boesinger E. eds. Mécanismes éthologiques de
l'évolution. Paris: Masson. 1977.
-chapter in book:
6. Barnett HG. Compatibility and compartmentalization in cultural
change. In: Desai AR. ed. Essays on modernization of
underdeveloped societies. Bombay: Thacker, 1971.
Identification. Contributors should give their full name and highest degree. the name of departments and institutions to which the work should he attributed, the name and address of the author responsible for correspondence about the manuscript, and sources of support for the work. If the material in the article has been previously presented or is planned to be published elsewhere-in the same or modified form-a note should be included giving the details.
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Contributions should be addressed to:
The Editor
Food and Nutrition Bulletin
9 Bow Street
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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Résumé. Un résumé de 150 mots maximum doit accompagner le manuscrit. Il devra donner les buts de l'étude ou des recherches, les procédures de base (sujets de l'étude ou animaux expérimentaux et méthodes d'observation et d'analyse), les principaux résultats (fournir des données spécifiques et indiquer dans la mesure du possible leur importance statistique) ainsi que les principales conclusions. Veuillez mettre en relief les aspects nouveaux et importants de l'étude ou des observations. Dans le résumé, ne citez aucun ouvrage de référence et n'utilisez ni abréviations ni sigles.
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Veuillez numéroter les références dans l'ordre où elles sont mentionnées dans le texte. Identifiez au moyen d'un chiffre arabe placé entre crochets les références dan le texte, les tableaux et les légendes des figures. Les références cités uniquement dans les tableaux ou les légendes des figures doivent être numérotées en fonction de la première fois où il est fait mention du tableau ou de la figure approprié dans le texte. Assurez-vous que les références sont complètes.
Les références citées doivent suivre le format décrit ci-dessous.
Journal
-article de journal type (énumérer
tous les auteurs):
1. Alvarez ML, Mikasic D. Ottenberger A. Salazar ME.
Características de familias urbanas con lactante desnutrido: un
análisis crítico. Arch Latinoam Nutr 1979;29:220-30.
-auteur d'une société:
2. Committee on Enzymes of the Scandinavian Society for Clinical
Chemistry and Clinical Physiology. Recommended method for the
determination of gammaglutamyltransferase in blood. Scand J Clin
Lab Invest 1976:36:119-25.
Livre ou autre monographie
-auteur(s) à titre personnel:
3. Brozek J. Malnutrition and human behavior: expérimental,
clinical and community studies. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold,
1985..
-auteur d'une société:
4. American Medical Association, Department of Drugs. AMA drug
evaluations. 3e éd. Littleton, Mass. (E.U.): Publishing Sciences
Group, 1977.
-éditeur, compilateur, président en tant
qu'auteur:
5. Medioni J, Boesinger E, éds. Mécanismes éthologiques de
l'évolution. Paris: Masson, 1977.
-chapitre d'un ouvrage:
6. Barnett HG. Compatibility and compartmentalization in cultural
change. Dans: Desai AR. éd. Essays on modernization of
underdeveloped societies. Bombay: Thacker, 1971.
Identification. Les auteurs doivent indiquer leur nom complet et leur principal diplôme, le nom des départements et des institutions auxquels le travail doit être attribué, le nom et l'adresse de l'auteur chargé de la correspondance sur le manuscrit ainsi que les sources de financement du travail. Si l'article a déjà été remis auparavant ou est retenu pour une autre publication-sous la même forme ou sous une forme modifiée-on l'indiquera de façon détaillée.
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Les auteurs s'adresseront à:
The Editor
Food and Nutrition Bulletin
9 Bow Street
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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Resúmenes. Se adjuntará al manuscrito un resumen que no exceda de 150 palabras. El resumen indicará cl objetivo del estudio o investigación, métodos básicos (individuos, animales seleccionados en experimentos y métodos de observación y análisis). descubrimientos principales (si fuera posible aportando datos específicos y su significado estadístico), y las conclusiones principales. Se enfatizarán los aspectos nuevos e importantes del estudio u observaciones. En el resumen no se citarán referencias ni se usarán abreviaturas ni siglas.
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Referencias. Al final del articulo deberán consignarse las referencias, también en doble espacio. En las referencias no se consignarán documentos que no se hayan publicado. ni aquellos que hayan solicitado su publicación pero que no se han aceptado todavía.
Las referencias se numerarán consecutivamente en el orden en que aparecen en el texto. Las referencias en el texto, en los cuadros y en los epígrafes de figuras se identificarán con números arábigos encerrados entre paréntesis rectangulares. Las referencias que se citan solamente en cuadros o epígrafes de figuras se numerarán de acuerdo con la primera mención que se haga en el texto del cuadro o figura pertinente. Debe asegurarse que se dan todas las referencias.
Las citas hechas a referencias deben adjustarse al formato indicado a continuación.
Referencia a publicación periódica
- artículo modelo de publicación
periódica (consignar todos los autores):
1. Alvarez ML, Mikasic D. Ottenberger A. Salazar ME.
Características de familias urbanas con lactante desnutrido: un
análisis critico. Arch Latinoam Nutr 1979;29:220-30.
-autor corporativos.
2. Committee on Enzymes of the Scandinavian Society for Clinical
Chemistry and Clinical Physiology. Recommended method for the
determination of gammaglutamyltransferase in blood. Stand J Clin
Lab Invest 1976;36:119-25.
Referencia a labro u otra rnonografía
-autor(es) personal(es):
3. Brozek J. Malnutrition and human behavior: experimental.
clinical and community studies. Nueva York: Van Nostrand
Reinhold, 1985.
-autor corporativo:
4. American Medical Association, Department of Drugs. AMA drug
evaluations. 3ra. edición. Littleton, Mass.. EE.UU.: Publishing
Sciences Group, 1977.
-editor, recopilador, presidente de consejo
como autor:
5. Medioni J. Boesinger E, editores. Mécanismes éthologiques de
l'évolution. Paris: Masson. 1977.
-capítulo de libro:
6. Barnett HG. Compatibility and compartmentalization in cultural
changa. En: Desai AR, editor. Essays on modernization of
underdeveloped societies. Bombay: Thacker, 1971.
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