Radiometric examination of fertilizers and assessment of their health hazards, commonly used in Pakistan

The radioactivity concentrations of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) i.e., 226Ra, 232Th, and 4 K in various chemical fertilizers being used in the agricultural soil of Pakistan were determined utilizing gamma spectrometry by employing a High Purity Germanium (HPGe) detector. The radi...

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Main Authors:	Hannan Younis, Sumbilah Shafique, Zahida Ehsan, Aleena Ishfaq, Khurram Mehboob, Muhammad Ajaz, Abdullah Hidayat, Wazir Muhammad
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	Elsevier 2023-07-01
Series:	Nuclear Engineering and Technology
Subjects:	Fertilizers Radionuclides Gamma spectroscopy Radiological health hazards Excessive lifetime cancer risk (ELCR)
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573323001298
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