Radionuclides distribution in soils and radon level assessment in dwellings of Mungo and Nkam Divisions, Cameroon.
Excess Lifetime Cancer Risk and Statistical analysis
Indoor radon level
Natural radioactivity
Radiation hazards
Soil
Journal
Environmental monitoring and assessment
ISSN: 1573-2959
Titre abrégé: Environ Monit Assess
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8508350
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 Oct 2024
09 Oct 2024
Historique:
received:
11
03
2024
accepted:
24
09
2024
medline:
10
10
2024
pubmed:
10
10
2024
entrez:
9
10
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Radionuclide and radon levels have been investigated in soil samples and residential environments within the Mungo and Nkam Divisions of the Littoral Region. These analyses employed gamma spectrometry facilitated by a NaI (Tl) detector for soil samples, yielding average activity concentrations of
Identifiants
pubmed: 39384632
doi: 10.1007/s10661-024-13158-0
pii: 10.1007/s10661-024-13158-0
doi:
Substances chimiques
Radon
Q74S4N8N1G
Soil Pollutants, Radioactive
0
Air Pollutants, Radioactive
0
Radium
W90AYD6R3Q
Thorium
60YU5MIG9W
Soil
0
Radium-226
PJ44V7L07A
Thorium-232
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1038Subventions
Organisme : International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
ID : Project CMR9009
Organisme : Abdus salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
ID : Project OEA-AF-12
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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