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

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 radion...

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Main Authors: Saleh, M. A., Ramli, A. T., Hamzah, K., Alajerami, Y., Mhareb, M. H. A., Aliyu, A. S., Hanifah, N. Z. H. B. A.
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Published: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2015
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QC Physics
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/58628/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3631-y
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spelling my.utm.586282022-04-07T02:44:40Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/58628/ Natural environmental radioactivity and the corresponding health risk in Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia Saleh, M. A. Ramli, A. T. Hamzah, K. Alajerami, Y. Mhareb, M. H. A. Aliyu, A. S. Hanifah, N. Z. H. B. A. QC Physics 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. Kluwer Academic Publishers 2015 Article PeerReviewed 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 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3631-y DOI: 10.1007/s10967-014-3631-y
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic QC Physics
spellingShingle QC Physics
Saleh, M. A.
Ramli, A. T.
Hamzah, K.
Alajerami, Y.
Mhareb, M. H. A.
Aliyu, A. S.
Hanifah, N. Z. H. B. A.
Natural environmental radioactivity and the corresponding health risk in Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia
description 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.
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author Saleh, M. A.
Ramli, A. T.
Hamzah, K.
Alajerami, Y.
Mhareb, M. H. A.
Aliyu, A. S.
Hanifah, N. Z. H. B. A.
author_facet Saleh, M. A.
Ramli, A. T.
Hamzah, K.
Alajerami, Y.
Mhareb, M. H. A.
Aliyu, A. S.
Hanifah, N. Z. H. B. A.
author_sort Saleh, M. A.
title Natural environmental radioactivity and the corresponding health risk in Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia
title_short Natural environmental radioactivity and the corresponding health risk in Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia
title_full Natural environmental radioactivity and the corresponding health risk in Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia
title_fullStr Natural environmental radioactivity and the corresponding health risk in Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Natural environmental radioactivity and the corresponding health risk in Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia
title_sort natural environmental radioactivity and the corresponding health risk in johor bahru district, johor, malaysia
publisher Kluwer Academic Publishers
publishDate 2015
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/58628/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3631-y
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