MILITARY PHYSICIAN Military Physician Program Council Members Quarterly Chairman Official Organ of the Section of Military Physicians at the Polish Grzegorz Gielerak – Head of the Military Institute of Medicine Medical Society Oficjalny Organ Sekcji Lekarzy Wojskowych Polskiego Towarzystwa Members Lekarskiego Massimo Barozzi (Italy) Nihad El-Ghoul (Palestine) Scientific Journal of the Military Institute of Medicine Claudia E. Frey (Germany) Anna Hauska-Jung (Poland) Pismo Naukowe Wojskowego Instytutu Medycznego Stanisław Ilnicki (Poland) Published since 3 January 1920 Wiesław W. J ędrzejczak (Poland) Dariusz Jurkiewicz (Poland) Number of points assigned by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Paweł Kali ński (USA) Education (MNiSW) – 6 Frederick C. Lough (USA) Marc Morillon (Belgium) Arnon Nagler (Israel) Stanisław Niemczyk (Poland) Editorial Board Krzysztof Pa śnik (Poland) Francis J. 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Circulation: 700 copies The original version of "Military Physician" is the electronic version (www.lekarzwojskowy.pl) Price PLN 14 The journal is financed by the Military Medical Chamber ISSN 0024-0745 Translation, proofreading and DTP of the English version by Skrivanek Sp. z o.o. GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION Background Figure 1" , "(Table 1)". The number of tables should be reduced to a minimum. Each table should be provided with captions in Polish and "Military Physician" has been published continuously since 1920, currently English in bold in the first row. Figures (including maps) and images as a quarterly of the Military Institute of Medicine in Warsaw, Poland. should be saved in a separate file. Digital images should have a resolution of 300 dpi and be saved in TIFF format. Good quality traditional images 1. "Military Physician" publishes original (experimental and clinical) should be delivered on photographic paper. 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