Radium equivalent activity concentrations in concrete building blocks in eight cities in Southwestern Nigeria

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-125

  Farai, I P ^a   Ademola, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Concrete building blocks; Hazard index; Primordial radionuclides; Radioactivity concentration; Radium equivalent; Safety limits; Southwestern Nigeria

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAY SPECTROSCOPY; HAZARD INDEX; RADIOACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; SAFETY LIMITS;

GAMMA RAYS; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM;

RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; THORIUM 232;

BUILDING STONE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARTICLE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NIGERIA; ORGANIZATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SAFETY; UNITED NATIONS;

CITIES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NIGERIA; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; THORIUM;

EID: 10444251009     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.05.016     Document Type: Article

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