Assessment of seasonal radon concentration in dwellings and soils in selected areas in Ga East, Greater Accra Region of Ghana

R Kpordzro, JK Gbadago, AB Andam… - … and Public Health, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonal radon levels have been studied in dwellings and soils in selected areas in Ga
East, Greater Accra Region of Ghana using LR‐115‐type II (SSNTDs). This study was …

[HTML][HTML] Radon mapping, correlation study of radium, seasonal indoor radon and radon exhalation levels in communities around Ghana atomic energy commission

F Otoo, R Kpordzro, ASK Amable - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Radon mapping and seasonal radon studies have been carried out within the communities
around the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), using ArcMap geostatistical …

[PDF][PDF] Estimation of the excess lifetime cancer risk from radon exposure in some buildings of Kufa Technical Institute, Iraq

AA Abojassim, HAA Mraity, AA Husain… - Ядерна фізика та …, 2017 - irbis-nbuv.gov.ua
A number of international health organizations consider the exposure to residential radon as
the second main cause of lung cancer after cigarette smoking. For this, it was found that …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Risk assessment of radon in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region, Ghana

CY Ansre, MK Miyittah, AB Andam, DE Dodor - Journal of radiation …, 2018 - Elsevier
Radon is a globally present and known radioactive gas with its ability to cause lung cancer
as its major health implication. Ghana currently lacks national policies on radon gas and …

[PDF][PDF] Radon exhalation rate in surface soil of graduate's villages in West Nile delta, Egypt, using can technique

HA Youssef, AA Embaby, AH El-Farrash… - Int J Recent Sci …, 2015 - researchgate.net
Radionuclides distribution and radiation levels are important to assess the potential hazard
of radiation exposure. Radon concentration and exhalation rate from surface soil were …

Transfer factors of 40K, 226Ra, 232Th from soil to different types of local vegetables, radiation hazard indices and their annual doses

AK Mheemeed, LA Najam, AK Hussein - Journal of Radioanalytical and …, 2014 - Springer
This work aims to determine the transfer factors (TFs) of 40 K, 226 Ra and 232 Th from soil to
vegetables, because there are few surveys of them in Iraq. The samples were taken from …

Investigation of indoor radon levels in some dwellings of southwestern Nigeria

OS Ajayi, OE Olubi - Environmental Forensics, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The radon level of some selected dwellings of southwestern Nigeria was investigated using
CR-39 detectors. Seventy 6.25 cm2 size detectors were distributed to 70 homes randomly …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of indoor radon distribution and seasonal variation within the Kpando Municipality of Volta Region, Ghana

ASK Amable, F Otoo, P Kingsley Buah-Bassuah… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
This study uses CR-39 radon detectors to examine radon distributions, seasonal indoor
radon variations, correction factors, and the influence of building materials and …

Studies of radon levels, radium concentration, and estimated effective dose in dwellings and soils in gold mining towns in Abirem of eastern region of Ghana

F Otoo, I Arhin, EO Darko - Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Studies have been carried in 126 dwellings for indoor radon levels and 43 soil samples for
radium and radon exhalation rate of Abirem communities in Eastern region of Ghana. The …