Indoor radon gas levels in selected homes in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.

E Akortia, OC Oppon, Y Serfor-Armah - 2010 - cabidigitallibrary.org
The aim of the study is to monitor indoor radon gas levels in dwellings in the Sakumono
Estates and its environs in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana in order to assess the risk of …

Indoor radon levels and the associated effective dose rate determination at Dome in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana

I Nsiah-Akoto, JJ Fletcher, OC Oppon… - Research Journal of …, 2011 - airitilibrary.com
In this present work, the indoor radon concentration, the annual effective dose rate, the
annual dose equivalent rate to the lung and the populace risk were estimated in sandcrete …

Preliminary studies on indoor radon measurements in some adobe houses in the Kassena Nankana area of the upper east region of Ghana

FK Quashie, JJ Fletcher, OC Oppon… - Research journal of …, 2011 - airitilibrary.com
The present study has measured radon gas concentration in some Adobe houses in the
Kassena Nankana Area of the Upper East Region of Ghana by using passive radon indoor …

Estimation of the residential radon levels and the annual effective dose in dwellings of Madina in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana

I Opoku-Ntim, BJ Korang-Teku… - AIP Conference …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Radon and its decay products constitute a potential environmental health hazard, and their
measurement is therefore important. Indoor radon measurements were carried out in 20 …

Assessment of indoor radon activity concentration levels in two districts of the upper west region of Ghana

AB Yuoni - 2014 - inis.iaea.org
[en] The current study has estimated indoor radon activity concerntration and annual
effective dose in thirty eight bedrooms in Sombo and Jirapa in the Upper West Region of …

[PDF][PDF] Residential indoor radon concentrations mapping using solid state nuclear track detectors in some parts of Lagos Nigeria

OP Abodunrin, MK Akinloye… - Anchor University Journal …, 2020 - researchgate.net
Background: There is need for efforts geared towards the continuous indoor radon
monitoring programme that will engender setting-up of the national radon reference level …

Indoor radon gas monitoring in Brakwa Central Region, Ghana

A Forson, C Nuviadenu, OC Oppon… - Research Journal of …, 2012 - airitilibrary.com
Radon is the most important source of natural radiation and responsible for approximately
half of the received dose of the totality of natural radioactivity. Most of the dose comes from …

An assessment of indoor radon level in a suburb of Ghana

D Kitson-Mills, S Sovoe, I Opoku-Ntim… - Environmental …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Radiation and radioactive isotopes form part of our natural environment. Elevated levels of
these radioactive isotopes in the environment can pose a threat to our health. A greater …

Assessment of factors affecting indoor radon-222 concentration in Dome and its environs-Greater Accra region of Ghana

R Kpordzro - 2018 - inis.iaea.org
[en] The objective of this study was to evaluate the contributions of the main factors of indoor
radon concentration. This was achieved by measuring indoor and soil gas radon in three …

Assessment of indoor radon concentration in residential buildings at Ouagadougou and estimation of the annual effective dose

BT Luc, K Karim, D Moumouni, B Cedric… - Radiation Science and …, 2021 - intjoee.org
The second most important cause of lung cancer after smoking is a radon gas. Thus, the
determination of indoor radon concentrations in residential buildings is an important public …