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Analysis of Indoor Radon Level and its Health Risks Parameters in Three Selected Towns in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

Journal of Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences, 2021
Analysis of indoor radon level and its health risk parameters has been carried out in Borikiri (BT), Diobu (DR), and Rebisi (RB) towns in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
Orlunta Aloysius Ndubisi, Margaret Apaem Briggs-Kamara, Friday Barikpe Sigalo, Tamunobereton-Ari Iyeneomie   +3 more
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Radiological hazards of 137Cs in cultivated and undisturbed areas [PDF]

Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection, 2011
The exposure of human beings to ionizing radiation from 137Cs is a continuing and inescapable feature of life on Earth. Artificial radio nuclides are widely distributed in various geological formations and ecosystems such as rock, soil, groundwater ...
Nenadović Snežana S., Nenadović Miloš T., Vukanac Ivana S., Omerašević Mia O., Kljajević Ljiljana M.   +4 more
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GAMMA DOSE VALUES OF STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS SURFACED IN BEHRAMKALE (ÇANAKKALE) - ZEYTİNLİ (EDREMİT-BALIKESİR) SECTION OF KAZ MOUNTAINS

Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section A: Chemistry, 2020
In this study, gamma dose values were measured in the study area around a distance of 60 kmparallel to the Aegean Sea in Güre, Küçükkuyu and Kazdağı regions.
Zeki Ünal YÜMÜN, Erol KAM, Melike ÖNCE   +2 more
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Occurrence of radon contamination in ground water samples of Amritsar city, Punjab, India

Radiation Protection and Environment, 2020
In the current examination, the ingestion and inhalation dose measurements for the particular body organs in light of the intake of radon through ground water used by the inhabitants have been surveyed in the various locations of Amritsar province, India,
Sumit Sharma, Kamaljeet Kaur, Amanpreet Kaur, Ajay Kumar   +3 more
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Assessment of radiation level and potential risk to public living around major hospitals in central and western Bangladesh

Heliyon, 2023
Human beings are continuously bathed in radiation coming from natural and artificial sources. Although the use of radiation in medical applications is beneficial to patients, it also contributes significantly to the health hazard for radiation workers ...
Md Mostafizur Rahman, Mohammad Sohelur Rahman, Md Harunor Rashid Khan, Selina Yeasmin   +3 more
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Variation of annual indoor and outdoor gamma dose rate in the lower Himalayan region of Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, India

Radiation Protection and Environment, 2023
The exposure from natural sources of radiation imparts a major contribution to doses, both due to external and internal exposures that would be received by members of public, and its levels rely upon the lithology, altitude, and building construction ...
Sumit Sharma, Ajay Kumar, Dinesh Kumar Sharma   +2 more
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Gross alpha and beta radioactivity in surface soil and drinkable water around a steel processing facility

Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences, 2015
The mean gross alpha and beta activities in surface soil and drinkable water in the surrounding communities of a steel processing company, following a continuous exposure of workers and dwellers is determined using a low background Gas-less counting ...
F.O. Ogundare, O.I. Adekoya
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Analysis of radionuclide content, annual effective dose and cancer risk in bananas

Fushe yanjiu yu fushe gongyi xuebao, 2021
The aim of this study is to determine the levels of 40K radionuclides in bananas procured from different regions, calculate the annual effective dose, analyze the carcinogenic risk, and establish baseline data.
LIU Yulian, LIN Junping, WANG Haiyun, RUAN Shuzhou   +3 more
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A Radiological Risk Assessment of ²²⁶Ra, ²²⁸Ra and ⁴⁰K Isotopes in Tilapia Fish and its Granitic Environment in Singida Municipality, Tanzania

Earth, 2023
Consumption of fish containing elevated levels of radionuclides can lead to undesirable health effects for consumers. People in the Singida Municipality harvest fish from lakes and ponds of granite rocks which are linked with hazardous radioisotopes that
Amin R. Kazoka, Jilisa Mwalilino, Paul Mtoni   +2 more
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Estimation of Polonium-210 activity in marine and terrestrial samples and computation of ingestion dose to the public in and around Kanyakumari coast, India

Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences, 2014
The brown mussel Perna perna, an effective bioindicator species for monitoring radioactive pollution, was used to evaluate the concentration of 210Po in and around the coastal areas of Kanyakumari, a Monazite rich region. 210Po concentration in P.
L. Macklin Rani, R.K. Jeevanram, V. Kannan, M. Govindaraju   +3 more
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