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Index acute lung injury genetics, 33, 98–101, 103–4, 113, 198 ADAM33, 67, 171–72, 197 adherence and nonadherence: anthropology of, 87–88; and medical care, 9, 11, 55, 70, 75, 81, 87–92, 94–95, 185; as research focus, 65–66; and side effects, 55, 89–92. See also irrational patient adrenaline, 3, 61, 64, 100–101 Adult Respiratory Health Questionnaire, 159–64, 166–69 Africa, 17, 24–25, 102, 109–10, 113–14, 167–68, 200n2, 200n3 African Americans: and asthma, 5, 22, 29–32; and Bajans, 7, 12, 30, 33, 114–16,164, 168, 171–73; and genetic research, 5, 7, 16–18, 22–23, 25, 29–32, 113–16, 166–68, 171–73, 194n10; and heart disease, 28–29 African ancestry, heritage, origin, 17–18, 25, 30–31, 112–16, 164–69, 171–72, 200n3, 200–201n4 Afro-Caribbean as race/ethnicity, 12, 33, 116, 123, 164, 166–69, 172 Afro-Trinidadian as race/ethnicity, 199–200n2, 200–201n4, 202n12 air filters, 110, 173, 179 allergen test, 65, 118, 176–82, 187, 201–2n11 allergy shots, 61, 66 ambivalence, 14, 36, 42–44, 54–55, 81, 97, 108, 147–48, 187–89 ambulances, 76, 148–49, 154 American Anthropological Association, 33 Americanization. See U.S., views of Amish, 171, 173 anomalies, 13–14, 132–33, 179, 202n1 anonymity, 195n1 antibiotics, 44–45, 75–76, 94–95, 125, 128 antihistamines, 102, 125 Arnold, David, 103 asbestos, 199n9 Asian as race/ethnicity, 25–26, 112–13, 164–65 asthma: cause of, 3, 11, 65–66, 82–87, 108–11, 133–39, 162–64, 183–84; diagnosis of, 70–76, 101, 106–7, 120–24; genetics of, 4–6, 29–30, 61–64, 67–68; history of, 56–64; patient perspectives on, 119–24, 145–46, 160–61, 181–82; prevalence of, 2, 9, 36, 69–75, 100, 102, 107, 119–20; public health intervention on, 35–36, 76–81, 94–97, 105–6; racial disparities in, 22, 29–32, 102, 114–15; variability of, 3, 64–68, 159–62. See also genetics: and asthma asthma pharmaceuticals: combination inhalers, 37, 55, 66–67, 70, 90, 92–96; inhaled steroids, 37–38, 66, 70, 82, 87–92, 95–97, 127; long-acting β2 agonists, 66–67, 222 INDEX asthma pharmaceuticals (continued) 92–94; oral steroids, 64, 66, 70, 87, 90–91, 126–27, 132–33; overprescription of, 75–76, 95–96, 124–25, 129, 132–33; short-acting β2 agonists, 48, 65–66, 70, 72, 131, 196–97n5; side effects, 126–28; use for diagnosis, 3, 71–73, 65, 67, 196–97n5, 197n6 asthma severity, 3, 29–31, 65–67, 159–60 asthma traditional treatments, 120, 127, 129–31 AstraZeneca, 41, 67, 80, 92–94, 103, 195 atopy, 6, 61–65, 105, 107, 115, 159, 172–173 Avruch, Kevin, 200n2 Baltimore, 102, 168, 172 Barbadian v. Bajan, 192n5 Barbados: ethnic identities in, 7, 112–13, 154–69; gender in, 146, 149; genetic research in, 1–2, 6–10, 33–35, 97–99, 185, 201n8; health care system, 7, 33–36; immigration and emigration, 112, 154, 165. See also Caribbean: Barbados’s position in Barbados Asthma Genetics Study: design, 1–2, 6, 30–32, 34, 98–103, 118, 157–70, 174–75, 179–80; recruitment, 34, 139–41, 145; results, 6, 103–4, 109, 114, 160, 168, 171–73 Barrow, Christine, 146 Bateson, Gregory, 45, 188, 202n2 Beck, Ulrich, 92 Becotide, 95–96 Berotec, 32, 72, 176 β2 adrenergic receptor gene, 30, 67, 197n6 Bhabha, Homi, 193n4, 202n12 BiDil, 15, 28–29 Biehl, João, 8, 39, 119 biomedicalization, 9, 11, 14, 181–82 biotechnology industry, 4–7, 15, 17, 67 blood, 19–20, 56–58, 64, 157–58, 174–75 blood pressure, 35, 54, 102, 106, 113–14 Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich, 194 Boas, Franz, 20–21 Boon, James, 14, 32, 117, 143, 172, 188, 197n2, 207n12 Brandt, Allan, 197–98n6 Braun, Lundy, 201n7 Brazil, 8, 39, 44, 88, 114, 200n2 Bridgetown, 35–36 Briggs, Charles, 197n6 bronchitis, 70, 73 Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc de, 21 Bulmer, Ralph, 23, 192–93n11 bush teas. See asthma traditional treatments Canada, 72, 128, 149 cancer genetics, 15, 33, 35, 53–54, 106, 114–16, 186 Caribbean: Barbados’s position in, 35, 39, 43, 48–50, 53, 154, 199n8; gender in, 146–49; internationalism in, 54, 143, 196; pharmaceutical industry in, 43, 48, 90–91; race in, 112, 164–67, 198–200 Carnival, 166, 201n6 Caucasian as race/ethnicity, 5, 15–18, 26, 33...

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