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Meng-Chih Lee, MD, PhD, MPH

Published more than 130 scientific papers, with several domestic and international awards Being Reviewer for more than 15 SCI/SSCI journals Joined 2 professional workshops for reviewer: 1. BMJ, WONCA/WHO, Dublin, May, 1998 2. Fam Med, STFM, Orlando, October, 2004 Being member of the 5 editorial boards: e.g. Mental Health in Family Medicine Current Pediatric Review


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15-Jan-2008 Dear Prof. Lee: Welcome to the Canadian Family Physician - Manuscript Central site for online submission and review. Your USER ID and PASSWORD for your account at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cfp is as follows: USER ID: XXX PASSWORD: Your Password: XXXXXXX Please note that your password is case-sensitive. If you have any problems please check the 'Password Help' box on your site log in page. Please complete your full postal address, telephone, and fax number. Also please select a number of keywords describing your particular area(s) of expertise. Thank you for your participation. Sincerely, Mairi Abbott Canadian Family Physician Editorial Office ma@cfpc.ca

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Manuscript: JNU-03-08-064 Coping Strategies and Grief Responses among Infertile Women after IVF Treatment Failure [View Submission] (cover letter) Date Submitted: 04-Mar-2008 Date Created: 04-Mar-2008 STATUS: Under Review ED: Gennaro, Susan ADM: Jones, Melody

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01-Apr-2008 Dear Prof. Lee: It is a pleasure to accept your manuscript entitled "A Model of Community Health Center RotationsExperiences of Community Medicine Training in Taiwan" in its current form for publication in the Canadian Family Physician.

You will find the copyright agreement and authorship statement forms at the top right hand side of the log-in screen (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cfp) called "Instructions & Forms." Please photocopy each of the forms for your co-authors to sign. The corresponding author is responsible for getting the forms signed and returning the original ink signatures in one package to CFP before the article can be published. Please mail signed originals to: Mairi Abbott Manuscript \ Circulation Coordinator 2630 Skymark Ave. Mississauga, ON. L4W 5A4 Note: Single author manuscripts do not require an authorship statement. Please note we cannot schedule your article for publication until the copyright and authorship statements are received. Thank you for your contribution to Canadian Family Physician. On behalf of the Editors of the Canadian Family Physician, we look forward to your continued contributions to the Journal. Sincerely, Dr. Diane Kelsall Editor, Canadian Family Physician dk@cfpc.ca

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Answer to Editors and Referee(s)' comments Dear Prof. Ellwood: Thank you very much for your kind consideration of the publication of our article entitled Nocturia among women aged 60 or over in Taiwan. We have carefully read your valuable comments and revised our article based on your suggestions. For your convenience, red wors in the text indicates areas I changed. I look forward to hearing your positive response as soon as possible. In addition, well be very happy to comply what you want us to finish. Thank you for your help. Best regards, Corresponding author of the article Meng-Chih Lee, MD, PhD Answer to Editors and Referee(s)' comments Referee(s)' comments: Referee: 1 Comments to the Author There are several points which need clarification: (1) In the Method, the author mention that questions on general background, medical history, obstetric and gynecological history, nocturia and other will be asked in the questionnaire. If not, it would be better if the author could add in a Table. Ans. Our study is part of a nationwide study on women health which comprising more than 100 variables in the questionnaire. We have collected most of variables related to nocturia for analysis. As you had suggested we reviewed the variables and showed their proportion in women having nocturia and those without nocturia in Table 4 with description at para.3 of page 12.

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Editorial decisions are made by taking many factors into account, www.globalfamilydoctor.com,Feb. 2007

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