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Nishtha

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How is COVID-19 unfolding in India?

Covid-19 and class inequalities :

As India Battles Covid, Class Divide is Growing https://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/columnists/070520/sanjay-kumar-as-india-battles-covid-class-divide-is-growing.html

A Pandemic in an Unequal India https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-pandemic-in-an-unequal-india/article31221919.ece

India cannot Fight Coronavirus without Taking into Account its Class and Caste Divisions https://scroll.in/article/956980/india-cannot-fight-coronavirus-without-taking-into-account-its-class-and-caste-divisions

The Lockdown Revealed the Extent of Poverty and Misery Faced by Migrant Workers https://thewire.in/labour/covid-19-poverty-migrant-workers

India's Response to COVID-19 Is a Humanitarian Disaster http://bostonreview.net/global-justice/debraj-ray-s-subramanian-indias-r...

Documentation of Disaster Relief Work :

PM-CARES Fund 'Not a Public Authority', Doesn't Fall Under RTI Act: PMO https://thewire.in/government/pm-cares-fund-not-a-public-authority-rti-act-pmo

Community volunteers:

https://www.facebook.com/thejucommune/

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tamar.rogoszinski

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“Quantification of the Increase in Thyroid Cancer Prevalence in Fukushima after the Nuclear Disaster in 2011—a Potential Overdiagnosis?”

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How was the study funded?

This study was funded by Grants-in-aid for the Cancer Control Policy from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan.

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tamar.rogoszinski

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“Quantification of the Increase in Thyroid Cancer Prevalence in Fukushima after the Nuclear Disaster in 2011—a Potential Overdiagnosis?”

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Describe the object of the study.

The object of this study is to determine whether or not there was overdiagnosis of thyroid cancer in Fukushima dollowing the nuclear disaster in 2011.

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tamar.rogoszinski

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“Quantification of the Increase in Thyroid Cancer Prevalence in Fukushima after the Nuclear Disaster in 2011—a Potential Overdiagnosis?”

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Where is this study published? Give a brief description of the journal, including what types of studies and topics they usually publish and how the publication is regarded among health professionals.

This study is published in the Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology. This journal is for clinical oncologists and publishes articles about medical oncology, clinical trials, radiology, surgery, basic research, epidemiology, and palliative care. It was established in 1971 as the first journal from Japan to publish clinical research on cancer in English. It is a sister-journal to the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. It is also linked through the Oxford Journals.