ANALYST, JANUARY 1993. VOL. I18 9N CONFERENCE DIARY ~ February 31/1-5/2 Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science San Jose, CA, and Technology USA 8-12 10-12 18 23-26 4th International Conference on the Health and New Delhi, Disease Effects of Essential and Toxic Trace India Elements International Conference on Energy, Karaikudi, Environment, and Electrochemistry Tamilnadu, India Physics and Chemistry of Transmittance Measurements Middlesex, UK Teddington, 2nd International Symposium on Automation, Montreux, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Applied to Switzerland Analytical Chemistry and 2nd International Conference on Robotics in Laboratory Medicine Conference Manager, IS&T, 7003 Kiiworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151, USA Tel: + 1 703 642 9090. Fax: + 1 703 642 9094 M.Abdulla, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi 110062, India Tel: +91 11 643 3685. K. C. 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Fax: +31 3404 5722 8-12 19 23-25 23-26 30 April 3-4 4-8 5-7 6-7 18-2 1 19-21 PITTCON '93, 44th Pittsburgh Conference and Exposition on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy Atlanta, GA, USA Symposium on Possibilities and Limitations of Antwerp, Chiral Separation Techniques Belgium International Symposium on Advanced IR Spectroscopy (AIRS) Japan Tokyo, 7th International Symposium on Instrumental Brighton, Planar Chromatography Sussex, UK The Laboratory Environment: Working with Dangerous Substances London, UK VDI-Meeting on Progress in Thermic, Catalytic and Sorptive Exhaust Cleaning Mannheim, Germany XIIIth World Congress on Occupational Safety New Delhi, and Health India 3rd International Conference on Ion-Beam and Namur, Surface Specific Analysis Techniques Belgium BTS Colloquium (of the British Toxicology Society) on Early Markers of Carcinogenesis Canterbury, Kent, UK 4th International Symposium on Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis USA Baltimore, MD, Anakon '93 Baden-Baden, Germany Mrs.Alma Johnson, Program Secretary, Pittsburgh Conference, 300 Penn Center Boulevard, Suite 332, Pittsburgh, PA 15235-5503, USA Tel: +l 412 825 3220.Royal Flemish Chemical Society (KVCV), Working Party on Chromatography, c/o Dr. R. 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