Acknowledgement Criteria

Contributors who do not meet all the four criteria for authorship, but helped in the study, may be listed in the acknowledgement section. Examples of those who may be listed can include, but is not limited by, the following:

• Individuals who helped in acquisition of funding
• Individuals who generally supervised the research group
• Individuals who provided general administrative support
• Colleagues who helped in designing the study
• Individuals who helped in reviewing the manuscript, including writing assistance, technical and language editing, and proofreading
• Physicians who referred cases
• Individuals who provided laboratory assistance
• Statisticians for statistical tests and analysis
• Secretarial help
• Parents who responded to the questionnaire
• Pharmaceutical companies
• Organisations which may have helped
• Concerned colleagues who provided micrographs, x-rays, or slides