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Assessment of radiation hazard indices arising from natural radionuclides content of powdered milk in Malaysia

Priharti, W. and Samat, S. B. and Yasir, M. S. and Garba, N. N. (2016) Assessment of radiation hazard indices arising from natural radionuclides content of powdered milk in Malaysia. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 307 (1). pp. 297-303. ISSN 0236-5731

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Abstract

The activity concentration of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K were determined by gamma spectrometry in twenty-six different brands of powdered milk available in Malaysia. The measured activity concentration was then used to estimate the radiation hazard indices in term of ingestion dose and cancer risk. The total ingestion dose was found to range between 35.19 and 461.72 μSv y−1 and the estimated cancer risk for adult is 1.23 × 10−4. These results were found to be below the internationally recommended level. This indicates that the powdered milk in Malaysia would not pose any significant radiological impact to the population.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:potassium 40, radium 226, thorium 232, adolescent, adult, analytical parameters, Article, cancer risk, child, concentration (parameters), gamma spectrometry, human, infant, ingestion dose, Malaysia, milk, natural radioactivity, population risk, powdered milk, preschool child, radiation hazard, risk factor, school child
Subjects:Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions:Science
ID Code:74555
Deposited By: Fazli Masari
Deposited On:29 Nov 2017 23:58
Last Modified:29 Nov 2017 23:58

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