Radiological and chemical toxicity risks of uranium in groundwater based-drinking at Immigration Headquarters Gosa and Federal Housing Lugbe area of Abuja, North Central Nigeria

• Main Authors: Maxwell, O., Wagiran, H., Adewoyin, O., Joel, E. S., Adeleye, N., Embong, Z., Tenebe, I. T.
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer Netherlands 2017
• Subjects: QC Physics
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/76540/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84984650147&doi=10.1007%2fs10967-016-4997-9&partnerID=40&md5=1d6f0a95b5df5e571de33bad273408d2

Inadequate public water supply by the Water Board in Abuja has forced the public to source for groundwater as the only alternative for consumption without consideration for radiological risk. The radiological risk for cancer mortality of uranium in Immigration Headquarters Gosa and Federal-Housing L...