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2. Preparation of original article keywords will be used for indexing purposes
(keyword index). For Index Medicus, the
Title: author should use Medical Subject Headings

1) The title should be short, compact, (MeSH) terms of the U.S. National Library of
and represent the main focus of the study Medicine
and should not use abbreviations. The length
should not exceed 100 characters with chan- Introduction and Objective (s):
nels. If the title name is very long, cut it to a This part should contain the background,
secondary name. Moreover, the title must be with a literature review to represent the rea-
in Thai and English and the English title must sons and necessities of this research. The last
use capital letters in all words except preposi- paragraph will show the purpose of the study.
tions. The length should not exceed 2 pages.
2) The names of the authors are in both
Thai and English (Do not use abbreviations) Methodology:
3) Agencies or institutions that the au- The author should divide this section
thors jurisdiction / work must be in Thai and into 2 main topics: Materials and Method.
English (Do not use abbreviations). The materials section should provide details of
4) Name, address and email address of what is being studied, such as patients, normal
the author responsible for the manuscript and persons, animals, plants, including the number
the article submitted for publication. and characteristics of samples studied, such
5) Educational funding sources. as gender, age, weight, in the case of research
studies in humans or animals. In addition, per-
Abstract: mission to use any pieces of equipment used

This journal set pattern of abstract is a must be provided from the person attending
single paragraph including (1) rationales and the study and approval from the relevant ethics
objectives (2) methodology of study (3) results committee. In the case of plant research, there
of studies (4) discussions and (5) conclusions, should be sample voucher specimens collected
respectively. The abstract has up to 250 words from plants that are used for research that may
or 15 lines. Moreover, the author should use be preserved for reference at an arboretum or
concise language and complete sentences the institution. In part of method, the author
in past tense and do not use abbreviations should specify the study design, such as
in either Thai and English abstract. The title, randomized, double-blinded controlled trial
name-surname, and organization of the author or descriptive study or quasi-experimental
in Thai and English should be listed above both design, population, sample, sample dosages,
abstracts. Each language abstract should not randomization, interventions, and procedures
contain other languages. such as methods or medications used to treat,
types and sizes of drugs used. In addition, if it
Key words: is a commonly known method, specify this in
Immediately after the both abstracts, the reference. In contrast, if it is a new method,
provide a maximum of 5 keywords. These the author should explain to the reader to