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This book is the first of its kind to focus on respiratory health and diseases in Asia, where 60 per cent of the world's population reside. It is well known that disease patterns and health care delivery vary in different parts of the world. With divergent socioeconomic background, genetic makeup and environmental factors, health care issues take on a different perspective in Asia compared to other places in the world. The chapters are contributed by professional leaders who are highly respected for their clinical expertise in respiratory medicine in different parts of Asia. Many of them are internationally renowned for their academic excellence. This book is a useful reference for medical students, clinicians in training and respiratory specialists.

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The book is of undoubted value to internists and pulmonary specialists practising or training in Asia, but it will also be useful to doctors elsewhere who are looking for 'an Asian perspective' when caring for their patients. The editors, who are among t

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The editors of this volume are Professors Mary Ip, Moira Chan-Yeung and Wah Kit Lam of the University of Hong Kong, and Professor Nan Shan Zhong, Director of the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease.

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