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Beyond Environmental Injustice Research & Teaching Collective

This reseach and teaching collective supports researchers and educators working against environmental injustice in diverse settings, in diverse ways. It is open to all, including students who

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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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The Narrative Representation of illness

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What were the methods, tools and/or data used to produce the claims or arguments made in the article or report?

Dr. Good primarily used case studies and interviews to help shape the argument and show how narratives of illness are shaped by many aspects of a person's life, specifically their culture. He also used statistics and other research to analyze these interviews and create a stronger understanding.

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Structural Violence and Clinical Medicine

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Who are the authors, where do they work, and what are their areas of expertise? How is the author professionally situated in respect to emergency response? Note any other publications/research foci that are of relevance to the DSTS Network.

The authors are Paul E Farmer, Bruce Nizeye, Sara Stulac, and Salmaan Keshavjee. All of whom work for Partners in Health. Paul Farmer, the primary author, is a physician and an anthropologist who has deeply investigated human rights and health. He also works with low-income neighborhoods and cities within the US as well as abroad.