INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
Internet Symposium on Food Allergens
Authors are encouraged to submit papers in the following categories: 
Original Articles, Short Communications and Reviews. 
Please follow the instructions carefully.
MANUSCRIPT FORMATS
Text Font: Times New Roman, Size 12p
PC-files saved as Rich Text Format (rtf) or MS-word documents
TITLE
Should contain the complete title of the paper.

AUTHORS and ADDRESSES
The name(s) and address(es) of the author(s) should be given. Full postal address, telephone and facsimile numbers as well as the e-mail address of the corresponding author should be given.
FIRST AUTHOR and CORRESPONDING AUTHOR are kindly requested to submit a photograph of themselves for publication. 

KEYWORDS
Up to 10 Keywords should be provided to assist indexing. 

SUMMARY
The manuscript must include a brief summary containing the purpose of the study, the basic methods used, the main findings and conclusion. The Summary should not exceed 300 words.

INTRODUCTION
includes sufficient background information to set the article in context. The aims of the work should be given clearly. The introduction should not contain either findings or conclusions.

MATERIALS & METHODS
should be described in brief but provide sufficient details to allow the work to be repeated by others. 

RESULTS
should be presented in a logical sequence in the text including tables and figures. The same data should not be repeated in different forms. 

DISCUSSION
should put the results in relation to any hypotheses mentioned in the introduction and consider the context of other studies.

CITATION & REFERENCES
References should be cited by full name of the first author followed by the year of publication (Holen & Elsayed 1990, Crespo et al. 1995). The list of references should be given in alpabetical order by author's names.
a) Journal Publications:
Crespo JF, Pascual C, Burks AW, Helm RM, Esteban MM (1995) Frequency of food allergy in a pediatric population from Spain Pediatr Allergy Immunol 6:39-43
Holen E, Elsayed S (1990) Characterization of four major allergens of hen-egg white by IEF/-SDS-PAGE combined with electrophoretic transfer and IgE-immunoautoradiography Int Arch Allergy Immunol 91:136-41
b)Publications in books:
Djurtoft R, Pedersen HS, Aabin B, Barkholt V (1991) Studies of food allergens: soybean and egg proteins in: Nutritional and Toxicological Consequences of Food Processing (Friedman M, ed) pp 281-93 Plenum Press New York
c) Books:
Burley RW, Vadehra DV (1989) The Avian Egg, Chemistry and Biology John Wiley & Sons, New York

TABLES & FIGURES
should be printed on separat sheets. 

ABBREVEATIONS & UNITS
SI units (metre, kilogrom etc.) should be used wherever possible. 

SUBMISSION FORMAT
Papers: Original and 2 copies to postal address and
3.5"-Floppy Disk or E-Mail: 
PC-files saved as MS-Word or Rich Text Format documents
Papers should be submitted to:
Dr. Matthias Besler
Mildestieg 17 
D-22307 Hamburg, Germany 
Fax: +49-(0)40-6970-4098 
e-mail: m.besler@food-allergens.de


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