An assessment of natural radioactivity of soils and its external radiological impact in southwestern Nigeria

Health Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 558-566

  Ajayi, O S ^a   Ibikunle, S B ^b   Ojo, T J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Environmental assessment; Environmental impact; Naturally occurring radionuclides; Radiation protection

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GAMMA RADIATION; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY;

ABSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ALTITUDE; BACKGROUND RADIATION; HUMANS; NIGERIA; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

EID: 43549121268     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000309766.12663.1d     Document Type: Article

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