Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (8)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Arogunjo, A. M.
Right arrow Articles by Fuwape, I. A.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Arogunjo, A. M.
Right arrow Articles by Fuwape, I. A.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Radiation Protection Dosimetry 108:73-77 (2004)
© 2004 © Oxford University Press 2004; all rights reserved

Technical Note

Dose rate assessment of terrestrial gamma radiation in the Delta region of Nigeria

A. M. Arogunjo1,*, I. P. Farai2 and I. A. Fuwape1

1 Department of Physics, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
2 Department of Physics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

* Corresponding author: arogmuyi{at}yahoo.com

In situ gamma spectroscopy has been employed to characterise natural radiation in the soil at 32 locations in the Delta region of Nigeria. The outdoor gamma dose rates in the air due to 40K, 238U and 232Th in the soil were 1.5 ± 0.9 nGy h-1, 6.9 ± 1.6 nGy h-1 and 16.3 ± 3.1 nGy h-1 respectively. The estimated total annual outdoor effective dose to the people in the region was 31.6 µSv y-1.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Radiat Prot DosimetryHome page
T. Jabbar, K. Khan, M. S. Subhani, P. Akhter, and A. Jabbar
Environmental gamma radiation measurement in District Swat, Pakistan
Radiat Prot Dosimetry, December 1, 2008; 132(1): 88 - 93.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Radiat Prot DosimetryHome page
J. A. Oyedele, S. Sitoka, and I. Davids
Radionuclide concentrations in soils of Northern Namibia, Southern Africa
Radiat Prot Dosimetry, September 1, 2008; 131(4): 482 - 486.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Radiat Prot DosimetryHome page
I. Fatima, J. H. Zaidi, M. Arif, M. Daud, S. A. Ahmad, and S. N. A. Tahir
Measurement of natural radioactivity and dose rate assessment of terrestrial gamma radiation in the soil of southern Punjab, Pakistan
Radiat Prot Dosimetry, January 1, 2008; 128(2): 206 - 212.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Radiat Prot DosimetryHome page
J. A. Oyedele
Assessment of the natural radioactivity in the soils of Windhoek city, Namibia, Southern Africa
Radiat Prot Dosimetry, December 1, 2006; 121(3): 337 - 340.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Radiat Prot DosimetryHome page
A. M. Arogunjo, H. O. Ohenhen, and S. P. Olowookere
A re-evaluation of the occupancy factors for effective dose estimate in tropical environment
Radiat Prot Dosimetry, December 6, 2004; 112(2): 259 - 265.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.