Radionuclide concentrations in agricultural soil and lifetime cancer risk due to gamma radioactivity in district Swabi, KPK, Pakistan

This study focuses on measuring the levels of naturally occurring radioactivity in the soil of Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, as well as the associated health hazard. Thirty (30) soil samples were collected from various locations and analyzed for 226Ra, 232Th, and 40K radioactivity levels usin...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Umair Azeem, Hannan Younis, Niamat ullah, Khurram Mehboob, Muhammad Ajaz, Mushtaq Ali, Abdullah Hidayat, Wazir Muhammad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-01-01
Series:Nuclear Engineering and Technology
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573323004345