Extended call for abstracts (posters) until 1^st of April 2007

All participants are invited to submit an abstract for a poster presentation during the conference. The abstracts will be reviewed by the scientific committee. Each presenter will receive a confirmation letter of acceptance and the decision if the presentation is accepted as a poster presentation.

All authors and speakers must register for the conference and pay the appropriate registration fee. You will be finally registered as a participant as soon as the registration fee has been received. A confirmation of registration will be sent to you, for further information see “Registration and Fees”.

Abstracts should preferably address the conference themes.

• Global environmental risks for children

• Best practices – actions taken – different settings

• Critical windows of exposure

• Settings

• Environmental injustice

• Children’s health and socio-economic factors

• New emerging diseases

• Monitoring children’s exposure

Abstracts can be submitted by E-mail in Microsoft Word . No fax submissions will be accepted.

Abstract authors selected for poster presentations will receive guidelines for the preparation of their poster together with the confirmation of presentation.

Participants are asked to observe the following guidelines for the preparation of an abstract.

• The abstract should include:

1. objectives of the research

2. brief summary of the content

3. conclusions

• Abstracts should begin with a title, and a list of authors with their affiliations.

• The following information needs to be provided beside the abstract

- Title of the abstract

- Corresponding author

- First name

- Title

- Name of company/Institution

- Mailing address

- Postal code

- City

- Country

- Business telephone

- Fax

- Email

- Co-authors

- Preferred format of presentation:

- poster presentation

- oral presentation

• Please attend the form of the abstract:

- max. 300 words

- type size 11

- typeface Arial

- outside margins 2 cm

Scientific Secretariat: (also for all matters relating to abstract submitting, scientific questions, programme etc.)

c/o Julia Hellmann

Dept. of Public Health, Medical Decision Making and Health Technology Assessment

UMIT - University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology

Eduard Wallnoefer-Zentrum I

A-6060 Hall i.T.

AUSTRIA - EUROPE

Phone: +43 - 50 – 8648 – 3878

Fax: +43 - 50 – 8648 – 67 - 3878

E-mail address: INCHES@umit.at