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GENERAL
Papers must be original and not currently under con- sideration for publication elsewhere. They should be written in direct and concise English according to Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers and the Oxford English Dictionary. The length should be be- tween 3,000 and 7,000 words, including references (i.e. 10 to 25 pages).

PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS
Manuscripts, including references, tables and figure legends, should be typed with double spacing on con- secutively numbered pages with a wide margin on the left. Two clear copies should be submitted. All papers will be refereed on a strictly confidential basis.

EDITORS
Papers should be headed by a concise but informative title. This should be followed by the name(s) of the author(s), degrees, present position and full address. A full length paper should have a short introduction. Acknowledgements should be included at the end of the paper, before the list of references. Abbreviations should be used sparingly, conforming with those offi- cially admitted and following the International Sys- tem of Units (SI).

SUMMARY
A summary of not more than 200 words should be included at the beginning of the paper on a separate sheet. By recapitulating and emphasising its main points, it should be easily intelligible without refer- ence to the general text.

TABLES
Tables should be kept as simple and short as possible, and should be intelligible without reference to the text. They should be clearly typed with double spa- cing on separate pages, provided with a suitable head- ing and numbered consecutively with arabic numerals in the order in which they are referred to in the text. Considerable thought should be given to the layout of the table (and figures) 50 that the significance of the results can be most readily grasped by the busy reader.

ILLUSTRATIONS
Illustrations are welcomed when really vivid and meaningful. All illustrations should be numbered consecutively with arabic numerals in the same order as they are referred to in the text (Fig. 1). They should bear the author's name and the figure number pen- cilled on the back top right-hand corner. Clear line drawings, graphs and high contrast glossy black and white photographs should be supplied. Line drawings in black ink should be of such a size suitable for reduction. All lettering and numbers must be at least 1.6 mm high after reduction, to be readable. Legends to illustrations should be typed consecutively with double spacing on a separate sheet and should be intelligible without reference to the text. Artwork will not be returned.

REFERENCES A carefully selected list of references is desired. All citations in the text should appear in the list of references at the end of the paper. In the text, follow the Harvard System by author's name and the publication date. One or two authors are cites as (Jones and Smith, 1978), while more than two are cited as (Jones et al., 1978). All references should be arranged alphabeti- cally on a separate page by author(s) name, date of publication, title of the paper, followed by the title of the journal (italic) abbreviated according to the Inter- national List of Periodical Title Word Abbreviations (Chemical Abstract and Index Medicus), volume num- ber in arabic with number of part closed up (in par- enthesis), the first and last pages. For Books, add edition number if second or more, editor's name(s), publisher and place of publication.

Aldrich, H. (1980) Environmental Issues. Vol.1 2nd edn. Else- vier Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, Holland
Greenberg, M. and Hughes-Evans, D. (1980) Air pollution. In: Aldrich, J. (ed), Atmosphere, Weather and Climate. Vol.3 pp.35-75. Methuen. London.
Schaeffer, M., Peterson, I. and Campbell, A. (1975) Pesticides in drinking water. Environmental Health, 15(3), 248-275.

PROOFS
A proof of the paper and offprint order forms will be sent to the senior author of the paper. These should be returned to the publisher who reserves the right to pass for press if author's corrections are not received in time. In the case of plural authorship, the author receiving proofs is asked to check with his co-authors concerning corrections and offprint orders.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Submission of an article is understood to imply that the article is original and unpublished, and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Upon ac- ceptance of an article by the journal, the author(s) resident in the USA will be asked to transfer the copyright of the article to the publisher. This transfer will ensure that the widest possible dissemination under the US Copyright Law.

Papers can now also be accepted in computer software format. Submission of manuscript on disc is encour- aged. These should be prepared using a standard word processing package. The printed copies of the manu- script should match the contents of the disc exactly. Two copies of the manuscript should be sent to the Editor at the following address:

Dr John Potter, Principal, Farnborough College of Technology, Boundary Road, Farnborough, Hants GUl4 65B, UK. (Telephone +44 1252 515511).

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