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Health risk implications of high background radiation dose rate in Kampung Sungai Durian, Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia

Ramli, Ahmad Termizi and Apriantoro, Nursama Heru and Wagiran, Husin and Wood, A Kholik and Lee, Siak Kuan (2009) Health risk implications of high background radiation dose rate in Kampung Sungai Durian, Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia. Global Journal of Health Science, 1 (2). pp. 140-149. ISSN 1916-9736

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Abstract

Terrestrial gamma radiation dose rate measurement has been conducted around Kampung Sungai Durian (Kg. Sg. Durian), Kinta District, Malaysia. The mean value of outdoor terrestrial gamma radiation (TGR) dose rate and indoor in the area are 458 nGy h-1 and 286 nGy h-1, respectively. It causes fatal cancer risk of about 9.90 x 10-5 per year to each individual. The activity concentrations of 238U, 232Th and 40K in soil samples were measured by gamma spectrometry. It ranged from 32 Bq kg-1 to 554 Bq kg-1, 64 Bq kg-1 to 1 806 Bq kg-1 and 21 Bq kg-1 to 2 522 Bq kg-1, respectively. Activity concentration of uranium and thorium ranged from <0.49 mBq kg-1 to 996.38 mBq kg-1, and <0.21 mBq kg-1 to 1 274 mBq kg-1 in plant samples respectively, which cause fatal cancer risk of about 4.7 x 10-8 per year. The activity concentration in water samples ranged from <0.24 mBq L-1 to 31.96 mBq L-1, and <0.21 mBq L-1 to 5.69 mBq L-1 for uranium and thorium respectively. It causes fatal cancer risk of 2.70 x 10-8 per year. The terrestrial gamma radiation, activity concentration from soil, leafy plants and water contribute fatal cancer risk per capita of 9.91 x 10-5 per year

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:gamma radiation, health risk, dose assessment
Subjects:Q Science > Q Science (General)
Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions:Science
ID Code:11792
Deposited By: Siti Anisa Abdul Hamid
Deposited On:18 Jan 2011 08:36
Last Modified:18 Jan 2011 08:36

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