Lifetime cancer risk due to gamma radioactivity in soils from Tudor Shaft mine environs, South Africa

This study is aimed to evaluate the soil radionuclides' activity concentrations and environmental outdoor gamma dose rates in Tudor Shaft mine environs, South Africa. The excess lifetime cancer risks are also calculated. Outdoor gamma dose rates were determined in 45 soil samples taken from 9 l...

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Main Authors: Raymond L. Njinga, Victor M. Tshivhase
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-07-01
Series:Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1687850716000121