Soil radioactivity and radiation absorbed dose rates at roadsides in high-traffic density areas in Ibadan metropolis, southwestern Nigeria

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 453-458

  Jibiri, N N ^a   Bankole, O S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM 40; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; NIGERIA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMANS; NIGERIA; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

EID: 33748108204     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci364     Document Type: Article

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