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By David W.E. Smith. 175 pp. New York, Oxford University Press, 1993. $35. ISBN 0-19-508313-X.

This is not a book that promises extended longevity if the author's advice is followed. Examples in that category are the book by Roy L. Walford with a similar title (Maximum Life Span. New York: W.W. Norton, 1983) and a more recent one by Deepak Chopra entitled Ageless Body, Timeless Mind: The Quantum Alternative to Growing Old (New York: Harmony Books, 1993). Rather, it is a thoughtful, concise presentation of what we know about the biomedical and social determinants of human longevity.

The eight logically sequenced chapters of Human Longevity begin with a discussion of the difficulty of determining the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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