Authors submitting papers for publication should adhere to the format described below. Failure to do so may result in the return of the paper for revision before assessment, with inevitable delay in publication.

General
The Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene is published on a threemonthly basis and covers the field of epidemiology and community health. The Journal publishes original papers and proceedings of Symposia and/or Conferences which should be submitted in English with the exception of other languages. Papers are accepted on their originality and general interest. Ethical considerations will be taken into account.

Submission of manuscripts
Papers submitted for publication should be sent by E-mail as attachment to:
jpmh@jpmh.org
landreazzi@pacinieditore.it
A letter signed by every Author must accompany the manuscript which should include a statement that the submitted material has not been previously published, and is not under consideration (as a whole or partly) elsewhere, that its content corresponds to the regulations currently in force regarding ethics research and that copyright is transferred to the Publisher
in case of publication. If an experiment on humans is described, a statement must be included that the work (also to be included in the methods section of the paper) was performed in accordance to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki (1975, rev. 2000), and Authors must state that they have obtained the informed consent of patients for their participation in the experiments and for the reproduction of photographs. As regards the studies performed on laboratory animals, Authors must state that the relevant national laws or institutional guidelines have been observed. The Authors are solely responsible for the statements made in their article. Authors may suggest up to two potential referees, (including complete addresses, fax number and e-mail addresses) expert in the specific fields.

Conflict of Interests
In the letter accompanying the article, Authors must declare if they got funds, or other forms of personal or institutional financing – or even if they are under contract – from Companies whose products are mentioned in the article. This declaration will be treated by the Editor as confidential, and will not be sent to the referees. Accepted works will be published accompanied by a suitable declaration, stating the source and nature of the financing.

Format for original articles
The article should be saved in .RTF format.
Do not use, under any circumstances, graphical layout programmes such as Publisher™, Pagemaker™, Quark X-press™, Adobe Indesign™. Do not format the text in any way (avoid styles, borders, shading …); use only character styles such as italics, bold, underlined.
Do not send the text in PDF.
The text should not exceed 4,000 words including the abstract (maximum 250 words), references, figures and tables. Papers will not be returned, so a copy must be retained by the author.

Title page
The first page should contain the title of the paper; a short running head; a set of key words (maximum three); the names of all the authors; the authors' institutions (only one affiliation per author); the category under which the authors intend the work to be published; the name and mailing address of the author to which correspondence should be sent, and a telephone
and fax number for the corresponding author.

Abstract and the remainder of the paper
The second page should contain the abstract which must be structured as follows: Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion.
The rest of the paper should be laid out along standard lines: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, References, Figures and Tables.

Tables must be limited in number (the same data should not be presented twice, in both text and tables), typewritten one to a page, and numbered consecutively with Roman numbers.

Illustrations
Send pictures in separate files from text and tables.
Software and format: preferably send images in .TIFF or .EPS format, resolution at least 300 dpi (100 x 150 mm). Other possible formats: .JPEG, .PDF. If possibile avoid .PPT (Powerpoint files) and .DOC (images included in .DOC files). Insert an extension that identifies the file format (example: .Tif; .Eps).

References
References must be limited to the most essential and relevant, identified in the text by Arabic numbers in square brackets and listed at the end of the manuscript in the order in which they are cited. The format of the references in the bibliography section should conform with the examples provided in N Engl J Med 1997;336:309-15. The first three authors must be indicated, followed by et al. Journals should be cited according to the abbreviations reported on Pubmed. Examples of the correct format for bibliographic citations:

The following styles are used:
Journal articles:
Cellesi C, Sansoni A, Casini S, et al. Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies
and angiographically demonstrated coronary artery disease in a sample population from Italy. Atherosclerosis 1999;145:81-5.
Gasparini R, Pozzi T, Fragapane E. Immunity to diphtheria in Siena. Epidemiol Infect 1997;119:203-8.
Books:
Smith DW. Recognizable patterns of human malformation. Third Edition. Philadelphia: WB Saunders Co. 1982.
Chapters from books or material from conference proceedings:
Krmpotic-Nemanic J, Kostovis I, et al. Aging changes of the form and
infrastructure of the external nose and its importance in rhinoplasty. In:
Conly J, Dickinson JT, eds. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the
face and Neck. New York, NY: Grune and Stratton 1972, pp. 84-95.
Do not use "et al." unless there are more than three authors, in which case
list the first three.

Drugs
Drugs should be referred to by their chemical name; the commercial name should be used only when absolutely unavoidable (capitalizing the first letter of the product name and giving the name of the pharmaceutical firm manufacturing the drug, town and country).

Units
All units must be in International System of Units (SI) except blood pressure values, which continue to be reported as mmHg.

Statistics
Standard deviations and standard errors are given in parentheses after the values they qualify; & is not used. In statistical evaluation, it is desirable to quote 95% confidence intervals. A full description of the statistical methods used must be provided in the methods section.

Abbreviations
On the whole the Journal does not use abbreviations. There are very few
exceptions so if in doubt always give the names or terms in full.

Spelling
English spelling is used.

Specific instructions for the various categories of papers
• Editorials (written on the invitation of The Editor or a member of the Editorial Board) should be written in English; no abstract is required.
• Reviews may be submitted for consideration by authors, or may be written on the invitation of The Editor. The text should not exceed 4,000 words including the references, tables and figures. No abstract is necessary.
• Original articles represent reports of new and original work, or descriptions of a consolidated body of experience (even if not entirely original) in a given field.

Proofs
The Authors are required to correct and return (within 3 days of their being sent) the first set of galley proofs of their paper. If proofs are not returned within a reasonable period it will be assumed that there are no corrections and the paper will go to press.

Reprints
Request of reprints and all other correspondence relating to subscriptions should be sent to: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, c/o Pacini Editore S.p.A., Via Gherardesca 1, 56121 Pisa, Italy. Tel: +39 050 3130285; Fax +39 050 3130300.

Subscription rates
The Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene publishes four issues per year. Annual subscription rates are as follows:
Italy € 63,00; all other Countries € 73,00. Each issue € 21,00.
For the members of the Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health € 20,64.
Back issues when available € 21,00.

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2010.