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Title MONITORING OF NATURAL BACKGROUND RADIATION IN SOME GHANAIAN HOMES
Full text http://dspace.knust.edu.gh/dspace/handle/123456789/656
Date 1994
Author(s) OPPON, O.C.; ANIAGYEI, H.M.; KYERE, A.W.K
Abstract T he high incidence of cancer amongst people residing in certain specific regions in the world has given rise to the need to monitor the natural background radiation exposure. The major contributor to this background radiation is Rn-222 and its daughters. In Ghana an attempt is on the way to map out regions of high natural background radiation through the monitoring of radon gas in homes. Two main types of construction techniques are used in Ghana. These are the modern house constructed mainly from cement blocks and the traditional house built from sun-baked mud blocks. These measurements were carried out using alpha sensitive track detector LR115, and the counting done using a spark counter. The results are presented in this paper.
Publisher KNUST
Identifier 0855-0395
Repository Kumasi - Kwame Nkrumah University
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