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Edited by P.M.A. Calverley and N.B. Pride. 579 pp., illustrated. New York, Chapman & Hall, 1995. $135. ISBN 0-412-46450-0.

As the editors point out in their preface, the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults is similar to that of asthma — and the associated mortality rate is some 25 times higher — yet it is accorded much less attention by funding agencies, textbook writers, and many clinicians. Admittedly, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is less glamorous than asthma, and there remain strong beliefs not only that the illness is mainly the patient's own doing (through years of cigarette smoking) but also that there is little the practitioner can do to help. This excellent, comprehensive textbook should go a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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