From: "Joanne Liu" <cheefat8@netvigator.com>
To: <kai-ting.wong@db.com>
Subject: Fw: Manuscript Reference Number For Your Submission to The Lancet
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:35:40 +0800
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "The Lancet Peer Review Team" <eesTheLancet@lancet.com>
To: <cheefat8@netvigator.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:12 PM
Subject: Manuscript Reference Number For Your Submission to The Lancet


> Dear Mr Wan-ching,
>
> Your submission has been assigned to an editor and now has the following 
> manuscript reference number: THELANCET-D-09-01927.
>
> Please quote this number in any correspondence you have with us as it will 
> enable us to efficiently handle any queries you may have.
>
> As your manuscript passes through the next stages at the journal you will 
> be able to view its progress by visiting the The Lancet's Online 
> Submission and Peer Review website (EES) at 
> http://ees.elsevier.com/thelancet/.
>
> Should your paper be selected for further consideration, we will then ask 
> you to send signed copies of the following statements:
>
> * Authors' contributions
> * Conflicts of interest
> * Acknowledgments
> * Personal communications
> * Signed permission statements from author and publisher for use of 
> copyright-protected material
>
> In order to minimise delays, we strongly advise that you now prepare the 
> signed copies of these statements. At present we do not currently have a 
> template for your statements, however we do suggest the following format:
>
> "I declare that I participated in the (here list contributions made to the 
> paper) and that I have seen and approved the final version. I have the 
> following conflicts of interest" (list here all relevant conflicts)"
>
> A similar format can be used for all required statements.
>
> Thank you for submitting your work to The Lancet.
>
> Best Wishes,
>
>
> The Lancet Journal Office
>