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Biomedical Ambiguity: Race, Asthma, and the Contested Meaning of Genetic Research in the Caribbean
by Ian Whitmarsh
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- ISBN-13: 9780801446863
- ISBN: 0801446864
- Edition: 2nd
- Publication Date: 2008
- Publisher: Cornell University Press
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SUMMARY
The high rate of asthma among African Americans has made race significant to the search for a genetic predisposition to the condition. One of the primary sites for research into this issue is Barbados. Ian Whitmarsh looks at the interactions of science, state, industry and society with regard to asthma and asthma research on Barbados.Ian Whitmarsh is the author of 'Biomedical Ambiguity: Race, Asthma, and the Contested Meaning of Genetic Research in the Caribbean', published 2008 under ISBN 9780801446863 and ISBN 0801446864.
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