Assessment of natural radioactivity levels and radiation hazards in agricultural and virgin soil in the state of Kedah, North of Malaysia

G Alzubaidi, FBS Hamid… - The Scientific World …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The activity concentrations of naturally occurring radionuclides 226Ra, 232Th, and 40K
were determined in 30 agricultural and virgin soil samples randomly collected from Kedah …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of excess life time cancer risk from gamma dose rates in Jhelum valley

M Rafique, SU Rahman, M Basharat, W Aziz… - Journal of Radiation …, 2014 - Elsevier
Human beings are continuously exposed to the radiations coming from outside and inside
their bodies. Outside and inside radiations are coming from ground, building materials, food …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of natural radiation exposure and radon exhalation rate in various samples of Egyptian building materials

MY Shoeib, KM Thabayneh - Journal of Radiation Research and Applied …, 2014 - Elsevier
The aim of this investigation was to determine the amount of γ-decay of several building
materials used in Egypt, in terms of Bq kg− 1, and to calculate the radiological effect caused …

Radiological impact of natural radioactivity in Egyptian phosphate rocks, phosphogypsum and phosphate fertilizers

SM El-Bahi, A Sroor, GY Mohamed… - Applied Radiation and …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, the activity concentrations of the natural radionuclides in phosphate rocks and
its products were measured using a high-purity germanium detector (HPGe). The obtained …

Assessment of radiological indices and physiochemical characterization of sediments in Chashma Lake, Pakistan

M Khan, MZ Chaudhary, EU Khan, J Abid… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Twenty surface sediment samples were gathered from Chasma Lake, deciding the
radionuclides 137Cs, 226Ra, 228Ra, 232Th, and 40K and their associated hazard indices …

A short overview of radioactivity measurement studies in Uzbekistan

S Khasanov, A Safarov, U Tukhtaev… - … on Environmental Health, 2024 - degruyter.com
Natural radioactivity is a public health issue that affects people all around the world.
Environmental radioactivity accounts for approximately 87% of the radiation dose received …

Estimation of 222Rn exhalation rate and assessment of radiological risk from activity concentration of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K

P Bangotra, R Mehra, R Jakhu, K Kaur, P Pandit… - Journal of Geochemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
The activity concentration of natural radionuclides and 222 Rn (Radon) exhalation rate in
soil samples were determined using NaI gamma detector and Scintillation based Smart …

[HTML][HTML] A study of radon emitted from building materials using solid state nuclear track detectors

RM Amin - Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences, 2015 - Elsevier
Radon is a natural radioactive gas derived from geologic materials. Inhalation of the short-
lived decay products of radon has been linked to an increase in the risk of developing lung …

[HTML][HTML] Measurement of 226Ra concentration and radon exhalation rate in rock samples from Al-Qusair area using CR-39

YM Abbas, TM Hegazy, MS Nassif, MY Shoeib… - Journal of radiation …, 2020 - Elsevier
Both radon and radium concentrations, radon exhalation rate in terms of area and mass, as
well as the annual effective doses were measured in rock samples in Al-Qusair area, Egypt …

Natural radiation of chemical fertilisers and radiological impact on agriculture soil

A Abbasi - Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 2022 - Springer
To investigate the radiological hazards indices of chemical fertilisers commonly used in
agriculture soils of Arasbaran, Iran, the activity concentration of 226Ra, 232Th, and 40K in …