期刊名称：ADVANCES IN MEDICAL SCIENCES ISSN： 1896-1126 出版频率： Semi-annual 出版社： ELSEVIER URBAN & PARTNER SP Z O O, UL MIGDALOWA 4, LOK 59, WROCLAW, POLAND, 02-796   出版社网址： http://www.advms.pl/ 期刊网址： http://www.advms.pl/node/2 影响因子： 3.287 主题范畴： MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL 期刊简介(About the journal)    投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)    编辑部信息(Editorial Board)    About the journal Advances in Medical Sciences is a peer-reviewed, international, scientific Journal, that publishes full-length articles on medical sciences. The journal welcomes submissions of articles on current advances in life sciences, preclinical and clinical medicine and related disciplines. Journal accepts original research articles, case reports and current review articles. Only review articles from experts in the field will be considered for publication. Articles should be written in English (either British or American spelling). Authors whose native language is not English are strongly advised to have their manuscripts checked by a professional translator or a native speaker prior to submission. There is no limitation of the articles length, longer articles will be also considered. The research articles should be organized as follows: TITLE PAGE ABSTRACT (Purpose; Material/Methods; Results; Conclusions; Key words) TEXT (Introduction; Material and Methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References) INDEXED IN ·      Thomson Reuters Scientific (ISI) / Master Journal List   (Official letter from Thomson Reuters) ·      Thomson Reuters Scientific (ISI) / Science Citation Index Expanded ·      Index Medicus/Medline/PubMed ·      EBSCO ·      Scopus ·      EMBASE ·      EMCare ·      Chemical Abstracts CAS ·      DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) ·      Index Copernicus  ·      Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (6 pts.) 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In References section of the article please use the following citation style (exactly as it is given):                            National Library of Medicine (NLM) Bibliographic Style    Citing medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers, 2nd Edition 2007                                             http://www.nlm.nih.gov/citingmedicine Citing Published Print Documents Journal Articles 1. Petitti DB, Crooks VC, Buckwalter JG, Chiu V. Blood pressure levels before dementia. Arch Neurol. 2005 Jan;62(1):112-6. 2. Jun BC, Song SW, Park CS, Lee DH, Cho KJ, Cho JH. The analysis of maxillary sinus aeration according to aging process: volume assessment by 3-dimensional reconstruction by high-resolutional CT scanning. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005 Mar;132(3):429-34.   Entire Books 3. Jenkins PF. Making sense of the chest x-ray: a hands-on guide. New York: Oxford University Press; 2005. 194 p. 4. Eyre HJ, Lange DP, Morris LB. 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Osteoporosis and its management. BMJ [Internet]. 2006 Dec 16 [cited 2007 Jan 4];333(7581):1251-6. Available from: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/333/7581/1251?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec= relevance&volume=333&firstpage=1251&resourcetype=HWCIT   Website 11. Complementary/Integrative Medicine [Internet]. Houston: University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center; c2007 [cited 2007 Feb 21]. Available from: http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/CIMER/.   Website with author(s) 12. Hooper JF. Psychiatry & the Law: Forensic Psychiatric Resource Page [Internet]. Tuscaloosa (AL): University of Alabama, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology; 1999 Jan 1 [updated 2006 Jul 8; cited 2007 Feb 23]. Available from: http://bama.ua.edu/~jhooper/.   Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Jacek NikliÅ„ski, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland   Deputy Editor Jan DÅ‚ugosz, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland   International Editors Richard McCallum, University of Kansas Hospital, USA, Co-Editor for USA Jean Morisset, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada, Co-Editor for Canada   Sections Editors JarosÅ‚aw Krejza, University of Pennsylvania, USA ‿Diagnostic Imaging Jerry D. Glickson, University of Pennsylvania, USA ‿Molecular Imaging Elżbieta Skrzydlewska, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland ‿Pharmaceutical Sciences   Managing Editors MaÅ‚gorzata LaudaÅ„ska, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland Urszula Polakowska, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland   Copy Editors Danuta Dudzik, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland Joanna ŁapiÅ„ska, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland Joanna Pogorzelska, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland Piotr Tomasz Protas, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland   Editorial Advisory Board Mats Akerlund, University Hospital of Lund, Sweden Heike Allgayer, University Heidelberg, Germany Satish Batra, University Hospital Lund, Sweden Tomasz Brzozowski, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland Tomasz Burzykowski, Hasselt University, Belgium Federico Cappuzzo, Istituto Clinico Humanitas IRCCS, Italy Serge Carreau, Université de Caen, France MieczysÅ‚aw Chorąży, Comprehensive Cancer Centre Branch Gliwice, Poland Lech Chyczewski, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland Andrzej DÄ…browski, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland Petr Dite, The Faculty Hospital Brno, Czech Republic Maria Benedetta Donati, the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy Wilfried Eberhardt, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Angelika Eggert, University Children’s Hospital Essen, Germany Jürgen R. 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