Assessment of natural radioactivity and associated radiation hazards in some Cameroonian building materials

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-67

  Ngachin, M ^a,b   Garavaglia, M ^c   Giovani, C ^c   Kwato Njock, M G ^a   Nourreddine, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c Regional Agency for Environmental Protection (ARPA)   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

ray spectrometry; 232Th; 238U; 40K; Absorbed dose; Building materials; Cameroon; External hazard index; Natural radioactivity; Radium equivalent

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVITY; SPECTROMETRY;

ABSORBED DOSES; EXTERNAL HAZARD INDEXES; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIUM EQUIVALENTS;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

EID: 33751335671     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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