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INFORMATION TO AUTHORS

General

The authors are encouraged to become life members of the Society of Toxicology (STOX), India. Membership form may be photocopied from within the journals remitted alongwith fee. The Journal (Toxicology International) is published bi-annually. All those Life-members who subscribe for the journal are entitled to receive one copy of the journal free-of-cost for 10 years, besides other benefits of life membership of STOX, India.

Manuscript Preparation

Manuscript should be typed in double space on one side of white paper leaving at least 4 cm margin on all sides. The official language is English, authors are advised to follow the British pattern.

Page 1 of the manuscript should contain the (i) title of the paper, (ii) the name(s) and address(es) of the author(s), where the work was done. E-mail address should also be given.
Page 2 should contain TITLE followed by the ABSTRACT (not more than 200 words), 4-5 KEY WORDS, and the text proper. There should be no name(s) and adress(es) of the authors(s) on the subsequent pages. The text proper of research articles should be subdivided into following sections; INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION, (ACKNOWLEDGE-MENTS) AND REFERENCES. For rapid communication the manuscript should be divided into Abstract, running matter and References only. The length of communication should not be more than 1000 words. Short communications of less than 500 words should contain only running text and references.
Tables should be typed on separate pages and numbered.
Illustrations in triplicate (one original and 2 Xerox or Electrostat ) should be drawn with Indian black ink. Original drawings with labelling should not exceed 18 cms x12cmx. Photographs (black and white only) must be good glossy original prints. All the legends should be typed on separate sheet of paper and be numbered consecutively with arabic numbers.
Standard symbols, abbreviations, nomenclature and standard international units be used.
References should be cited in the text by the surname of the author(s) and the year. In case of more than 5 authors, surname of the first author followed by et al. and the year be cited. In the list of references at the end of manuscript, full and complete references in the following style be given and arranged alphabetically by first author's surname:

Books
Gupta, PK (1986) : The Pesticides in Indian Environment. Interprint, New Delhi.

Periodicals
Gupta, PK and Ehrnebo, MS (1989) : Pharmacokinetics of alpha and beta isomers of endosulfan following i.v. administration in rabbits. Drug Metabolism and Dispostion 7,7-10.

Chapter of Books
Witschi, HP (1985) : Pulmonary Toxicology, in : Modern Toxicology Vol. III (Eds : PK Gupta and DK Salunkhe) pp, 277-333; Metropolitan, New Delhi-110001, India

Manuscript Submission

Manuscript in triplicate (one original + two copies) be submitted in final from (strictly as per norms given above) to the Managing Editor or one of Regional Editors.

Proofs
Proofs may or may not be sent to authors. Authors are therefore advised to prepare the manuscript with utmost care and strictly as per norms.

Reprints
Purchase of 50 reprints is compulsory. Price of reprints should be sent immediately after the receipt of the invoice along with the revised manuscript. Printing of coloured pictures shall be done on extra charges, calculated on the basis of the manuscript submitted. All payments should be made as account payee bank draft payable to "Toxicology International" State Bank of India, CARI Branch (Code no. 7027), Bareilly (UP), India, duly signed by the author to the managing editor.

Revised manuscript may be submitted in MS Word format on a PC Disk along with a hard copy. For other details, please consult the latest volume of Toxicology International.