Radiation exposures from mining and mineral processing
industries can lead to high incidence of disease conditions like
nausea, lung cancer, sterility, fatigue, and diarrhoea among mine
workers. The concentration of primodial radionuclides (238U,
232Th and 40K) in some selected mining sites in Nasarawa State,
Nigeria, was examined in this study. Soil and rock samples from
eight different mining sites were collected and analyzed for
radionuclides activity concentration by gamma ray
spectrometery using a scintillator detector NaI (Tl), while soil
physical and chemical parameters were analyzed using standard
methods. Data obtained was analyzed through descriptive
statistics using SPSS statistical package. The results obtained for
the annual gonadal dose equivalent, absorbed dose rate, outdoor
annual effective dose equivalent, indoor annual effective dose
equivalent and excess lifetime cancer risk were found to be
above the globally permissible limits, for both rock and soil
samples.
ABORISADE, A., A.M., G , O.H, A & and, O (2018). Excess lifetime Cancer risk and Radiation Pollution hazard indices in rocks and soil of some selected mining sites in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/aborisade-et-al-2018-aejes
ABORISADE, Akintayo, et. al. "Excess lifetime Cancer risk and Radiation Pollution hazard indices in rocks and soil of some selected mining sites in Nasarawa State, Nigeria" Afribary. Afribary, 22 Nov. 2018, https://afribary.com/works/aborisade-et-al-2018-aejes. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
ABORISADE, Akintayo, Gbadebo A.M. , Adedeji O.H and Okeyode And . "Excess lifetime Cancer risk and Radiation Pollution hazard indices in rocks and soil of some selected mining sites in Nasarawa State, Nigeria". Afribary, Afribary, 22 Nov. 2018. Web. 20 Apr. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/aborisade-et-al-2018-aejes >.
ABORISADE, Akintayo, Gbadebo A.M. , Adedeji O.H and Okeyode And . "Excess lifetime Cancer risk and Radiation Pollution hazard indices in rocks and soil of some selected mining sites in Nasarawa State, Nigeria" Afribary (2018). Accessed April 20, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/aborisade-et-al-2018-aejes