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 …

[PDF][PDF] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of Radon Concentrations inside Residential Buildings and Estimation of the Dose in the City of Kaya, Burkina Faso

WYA Elola, TL Bambara, A Doumounia… - Open Journal of Applied …, 2023 - scirp.org
Colorless, incessant radon gas is notably the second most important cause of lung cancer
after smoking in smokers and the first cause in non-smokers. Having little effect in the …

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 …

Soil gas radon, indoor radon and its diurnal variation in the northern region of Cameroon

Sadjo, TSS Didier, H Yerima Abba… - … in Environmental and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Soil gas radon and indoor radon measurements have been carried out in Mayo-Louti and
Benoué Divisions in northern Cameroon. Concentrations of radon in soil have been …

[HTML][HTML] Radon and thoron radiation exposure of the Angolan population living in adobe houses

J Salupeto-Dembo, Z Szabó-Krausz, P Völgyesi… - … of Radioanalytical and …, 2020 - Springer
This study investigates radon and thoron activity concentrations in adobe houses of Angola.
Activity concentrations were recorded by passive detectors in rainy and dry seasons in 40 …

Determination of airborne Radon and its relationship with the type of residential buildings in Damghan, Iran

S Shurgashti, A Rahmani, A Dehdashti… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Inhalation of radon gas and its decay products is the first natural source of human exposure
to radioactive radiation. Due to its health effects, the World Health Organization (WHO) has …

[HTML][HTML] Gini method application: indoor radon survey in kpong, Ghana

F Loffredo, I Opoku-Ntim, D Kitson-Mills, M Quarto - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, the indoor radon concentrations map, starting from a sparse measurements
survey, was realized with the Gini index method. This method was applied on a real dataset …

Monte Carlo simulation of a simple and fast method to experimentally determine the partial sensitivity of a bare LR-115 detector using planar alpha sources

P Pereyra, D Palacios, EM Yoshimura… - Radiation …, 2023 - Elsevier
Partial sensitivity of the bare LR-115 detector (KB) to radon or thoron, or any of their airborne
progeny, is an essential component in the detector's calibration factor. Its experimental …

[HTML][HTML] Measurement of Radon Concentration and Estimation of Cancer Risk in Twenty-Four Model Houses in the Town of Koudougou

M Derra, LT Bambara, K Kaboré, YZ Sawadogo… - Open Journal of Applied …, 2023 - scirp.org
The objective of our study is to evaluate the concentration of radon (86Rn) inside houses in
the town of Koudougou in order to estimate its impact on the health of the population …