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Article Contents

TITLE PAGE

1.INTRODUCTION

2.DISTRIBUTION OF INDIVIDUAL OB STARS

2.1.Overview

2.2.Direct Star Counts/Census

3.STELLAR MODELS AND OBSERVATIONS

3.1.Recent Progress in the Input Physics

3.2.Metallicity Effects in Massive Stars

3.3.Main Sequence Evolution

3.4.The Eddington Limit and LBV Stars

3.5.Blue and Red Supergiants

4.W-R STARS: OBSERVATIONS AND PREDICTIONS

4.1.Overview

4.2.Subtypes and Chemical Abundances

4.3.Physical Properties

4.4.Initial Masses, Lifetimes, Formation

4.5.W-R Statistics

5.MASSIVE STARS IN STARBURSTS

5.1.Integrated Spectra of Galaxies

5.2.Global Properties

6.CONCLUSIONS

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