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Natural environmental radioactivity and the corresponding health risk in Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia

Saleh, M. A. and Ramli, A. T. and Hamzah, K. and Alajerami, Y. and Mhareb, M. H. A. and Aliyu, A. S. and Hanifah, N. Z. H. B. A. (2015) Natural environmental radioactivity and the corresponding health risk in Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia. Journal Of Radioanalytical And Nuclear Chemistry, 303 (3). pp. 1753-1761. ISSN 2337-5787

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3631-y

Abstract

This study aims to obtain the baseline data on environmental terrestrial radiation and to assess the corresponding health risk in Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia. The mean activity concentrations of 232Th, 226Ra and 40K were 119 ± 6, 51 ± 4 and 158 ± 21 Bq kg−1, respectively. Primordial radionuclide 232Th is the main contributor to gamma dose rate and the mean found to be 135 nGy h−1. Gross alpha and gross beta activity concentrations in water were 0.012 ± 0.003 and 0.234 ± 0.018 Bq L−1, respectively.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:gross alpha and gross beta, radioactivity
Subjects:Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions:Science
ID Code:58628
Deposited By: Haliza Zainal
Deposited On:04 Dec 2016 04:07
Last Modified:07 Apr 2022 02:44

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