Terrestrial gamma dose rate, radioactivity and radiological hazards in the rocks of an elevated radiation background in Juban District, Ad Dali Governorate, Yemen

• Main Authors: Abdurabu, W. A., Ramli, A. T., Saleh, M. A., Heryansyah, A., Alnhary, A., Fadhl, S.
• Format: Article
• Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2016
• Subjects: QC Physics
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/73820/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85012245259&doi=10.1088%2f0952-4746%2f36%2f1%2f163&partnerID=40&md5=6ba5ec68a6f821117aeff79ba36c7e03

This study aims to evaluate natural radiation and radioactivity in the rock and to assess the corresponding health risk in a region of elevated background radiation in Juban District, Ad Dali' Governorate, Yemen. The mean external gamma dose rate was 374 nGy h-1 which is approximately six times...