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Abstracts are requested for consideration for spotlight and/or poster presentations for the 306th Annual SER Meeting at UCLA (June 12-14, 2103). Accepted abstracts will be distributed at the June meeting and will also be published in the Supplement issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology.

The following rules are SER and AJE policies and must be adhered to precisely:

1. All abstracts must be submitted in final form no later than March 5, 2003. E-mail notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent to the submitting author no later than March 19, 2003.
2. Abstracts are required to be submitted online:

   Follow this link to fill out and submit the online abstract submission form. Begin the abstract in the box with a title, a complete list of authors (with presenter noted with an asterisk), and the institution at which the work was done. EXAMPLE: A Study of the Exposure to Disease. J. Smith, *S. Jones, and P. Gold (University, City, State, Zip Code). CLICK HERE to download a SAMPLE ABSTRACT. Please leave a space between heading and the abstract.

3. Presentation of specific data and methodologic details assist reviewers in judging the quality of the research. New findings are of greater interest than confirmation of known relations. Clarity and brevity of writing will allow evaluation of the importance of the research. Abstracts are scored by two reviewers. An overall acceptance proportion is applied to each topic category. The allocation of papers therefore represents the number of abstracts submitted from the topic areas.

4. General rules about abstracts:

   Please read these instructions carefully. Do not include figures, tables, or mathematical equations in the abstract. The abstract should not exceed 1,876 characters, which includes title and author information. Avoid acronyms. If you use references, provide the journal, volume, year and page numbers. Spell out abbreviations (including OR or RR) the first time you use them. If you calculate confidence intervals, specify whether they are 90%, 95%, etc. Choose one topic area from the General Topics listed on the abstract form. If applicable, also choose a Special Highlighted topic area. These special topic areas will be featured in some of this year's Spotlight Sessions.

5. TABLE OF SPECIAL CHARACTERS. Please use the following table of tags for any special characters or formatting (italics, bold, greek characters). Copy and paste the appropriate tag and change the text as needed.

   	Tags to be copied & pasted...	After submission of abstract, tags will be formatted to look like this...
   Italics	?the quick brown fox?	the quick brown fox
   Bold	{jumped over the lazy dog}	jumped over the lazy dog
   superscript	Hello^goodbye^	Hellogoodbye
   subscript	Goodbye \hello\	Goodbyehello
   GREEK & MATHEMATICAL CHARACTERS
   	~a~
   	~b~
   	~d~
   	~gt~
   	~j~
   	~l~
   	~lt~
   	~m~
   	~p~
   	~pm~
   	~q~
   	~D~
   	~F~
   	~S~