Evaluation of excess life time cancer risk from gamma dose rates in Jhelum valley
Muhammad Rafique,Saeed Ur Rahman,Muhammad Basharat,Wajid Aziz,Iftikhar Ahmad,Khursheed Ahmed Lone,Khalil Ahmad,Matiullah +7 more
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In this paper, the results of ambient outdoor gamma dose rates measured for Jhelum valley of the state of Azad Kashmir were presented by using Ludlum micrometer-19 which is an active and portable detector.About:
This article is published in Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences.The article was published on 2014-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 76 citations till now.read more
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Radioactivity, radiogenic heat production and environmental radiation risk of the Basement Complex rocks of Akungba-Akoko, southwestern Nigeria: insights from in situ gamma-ray spectrometry
Adedibu Sunny Akingboye,Adedibu Sunny Akingboye,Abimbola Chris Ogunyele,Abimbola Chris Ogunyele,Adeleke Teslim Jimoh,Oluwatobi Blessing Adaramoye,Adedapo Oluwasanu Adeola,Adedapo Oluwasanu Adeola,Toluwaleke Ajayi +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used ground gamma-ray spectrometers (GRS) to assess the radionuclide concentration in the basements of the Basement Complex rocks of Akungba-Akoko, southwestern Nigeria.
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Measurement of Background Ionizing Radiation Exposure Levels in Selected Farms in Communities of Ishielu LGA, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
TL;DR: In this article, the background ionization radiation (BIR) levels and associated radiation health parameters in farmlands located in communities of Ishielu LGA of Ebonyi State, Nigeria were investigated.
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Radioactivity of building materials in Mahallat, Iran – an area exposed to a high level of natural background radiation – attenuation of external radiation doses
Amin Shahrokhi,Mohammademad Adelikhah,Stanisław Chałupnik,Erika Kocsis,Edit Tóth-Bodrogi,Tibor Kovács +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, mass activity of naturally occurring radioactive materials were measured in twenty-three building material samples, use extensively in the area exposed to a high level of natural background radiation (Mahallat, Iran), to determine the radioactivity index and changes to the level of indoor gamma radiation.
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Distribution of 40K, 238U and 232Th and associated radiological risks in river sand sediments across Enugu East, Nigeria
TL;DR: In this paper, the distributions of 40K, 238U and 232Th in sand sediments of rivers in Enugu east, Southeastern, Nigeria have been studied and measured using NaI(TI) gamma-ray spectrometry detector.
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Risk assessment from gamma dose rate in Balod District of Chhattisgarh, India
TL;DR: In this paper, an investigation has been carried out gamma dose rate of 52 areas of Balod district, Chhattisgarh India, where the values of outdoor and indoor gamma dose rates observed were 103.0,± 3.1 to 201.0 and 132.0 ±6.0 to 260.8 nSv/h, respectively.
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Radionuclide concentrations in soil and lifetime cancer risk due to gamma radioactivity in Kirklareli, Turkey.
TL;DR: The average soil radionuclides' concentrations of Kirklareli were within the worldwide range although some extreme values had been determined, and annual effective gamma doses and the excess lifetime risks of cancer were higher than the world's average.
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