Radiological Assessment of Some Foodstuffs from Major Markets at Sagamu in Ogun State Southwest of Nigeria

Authors

  • O. Sowole Department of Physics, P. M. B. 2118, Tai Solarin University of Education, Nigeria.
  • O. M. Ehindero Department of Physics, P. M. B. 2118, Tai Solarin University of Education, Nigeria.

Keywords:

Radionuclide, Activity concentration, Foodstuff, Dose, Gamma spectrometry.

Abstract

Activity concentrations of 40K, 238Uand 232Th in some foodstuffs from major markets

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Published

2017-07-23

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Sowole, O., & Ehindero, O. M. (2017). Radiological Assessment of Some Foodstuffs from Major Markets at Sagamu in Ogun State Southwest of Nigeria. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 34(3), 242–246. Retrieved from https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/7633

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Vol. 34 No. 3 (2017)

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