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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Kluwer Academic Publishers
2015
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Online Access: | http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/58628/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3631-y |
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