Determination of Activity Concentration of Natural Radionuclides and Radiation Hazards' Assessment of Building Materials in High Background Radiation Areas of Homa and Ruri, Kenya.


Journal

TheScientificWorldJournal
ISSN: 1537-744X
Titre abrégé: ScientificWorldJournal
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101131163

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2021
Historique:
received: 27 04 2021
revised: 16 11 2021
accepted: 26 11 2021
entrez: 24 12 2021
pubmed: 25 12 2021
medline: 5 3 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The areas around Homa and Ruri hills in Homa Bay County in Kenya are associated with high background radiation levels. The activity concentration of the natural radionuclides (

Identifiants

pubmed: 34949965
doi: 10.1155/2021/9978619
pmc: PMC8692042
doi:

Substances chimiques

Radioactive Pollutants 0
Soil Pollutants, Radioactive 0

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

9978619

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021 Willis Otieno Gor Odongo et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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Auteurs

Willis Otieno Gor Odongo (WOG)

Department of Physics, Kenyatta University, P.O. Box 43844, Nairobi, Kenya.
Department of Physics, Kisii University, P.O. Box 408, Kisii, Kenya.

Margaret Chege (M)

Department of Physics, Kenyatta University, P.O. Box 43844, Nairobi, Kenya.

Nadir Hashim (N)

Department of Physics, Kenyatta University, P.O. Box 43844, Nairobi, Kenya.

Shinji Tokonami (S)

Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan.

Kranrod Chutima (K)

Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan.

Charles Rotich (C)

Department of Physics, Kenyatta University, P.O. Box 43844, Nairobi, Kenya.

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