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Organizational Profile: EPA Region 9

EiJ Fall 2022: Group 17 Combo Disaster Case Study (Calwa Elementary, Fresno County)

This case study report was developed by students at the University of California Irvine for the undergraduate class, “Environmental Injustice,” taught by Kim Fortun, Margaux Fisher, Gina Hakim, Pre

EiJ Fall 2022: Group 16 Combo Disaster Case Study (Jefferson Elementary, Fresno County)

This case study report was developed by students at the University of California Irvine for the undergraduate class, “Environmental Injustice,” taught by Kim Fortun, Margaux Fisher, Gina Hakim, Pre

EiJ Fall 2022: Group 11 Combo Disaster Case Study (Ramona Elementary, Ventura County)

This case study report was developed by students at the University of California Irvine for the undergraduate class, “Environmental Injustice,” taught by Kim Fortun, Margaux Fisher, Gina Hakim, Pre

EiJ Fall 2022: Group 3 Combo Disaster Case Study (Valle Del Sol Elementary, Riverside County)

This case study report was developed by students at the University of California Irvine for the undergraduate class, “Environmental Injustice,” taught by Kim Fortun, Margaux Fisher, Gina Hakim, Pre

EiJ Fall 2022: Group 19 Fast Disaster Case Study (Franklin High School, San Joaquin County)

This case study report was developed by students at the University of California Irvine for the undergraduate class, “Environmental Injustice,” taught by Kim Fortun, Margaux Fisher, Gina Hakim, Pre

EiJ Fall 2022: Group 4 Slow Disaster Case Study (McKinley Elementary, Imperial County)

This case study report was developed by students at the University of California Irvine for the undergraduate class, “Environmental Injustice,” taught by Kim Fortun, Margaux Fisher, Gina Hakim, Pre

EiJ Fall 2022: Group 10 Slow Disaster Case Study (Art Haycox Elementary, Ventura County)

This case study report was developed by students at the University of California Irvine for the undergraduate class, “Environmental Injustice,” taught by Kim Fortun, Margaux Fisher, Gina Hakim, Pre

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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 observe whether or not there was an overdiagnosis of thyroid cancer after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. They did this by comparing the observed prevalance of thyroid cancer in the Thyroid Screening Programme with the estimated historical controls on the assumption that there was neither nuclear accident nor screening intervention.