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EVALUATION OF EXCESS LIFETIME CANCER RISK CAUSED BY EXTERNAL EXPOSURE DUE TO NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY IN BOLU, TURKEY

Year 2020, Volume: 38 Issue: 2, 945 - 954, 01.06.2021

Abstract

In this study, the gamma dose rates in outdoor air at seventy-seven points around Bolu province were meausured using a counter (Eberline, ESP-2). Radiological hazards were evaluated by estimating the excess lifetime cancer risks caused by external exposure. The gamma dose rates measured varied from 11 to 68 nGyh-1with an average value of 22 nGy h-1. The avarege value of the corresponding outdoor annual effective dose and the excess lifetime cancer risk was found as 27.23 μSv and 0.95x10−4, respectively. These values could be compared to other studies which existed in Turkey and also in the world.

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Primary Language English
Subjects Engineering
Journal Section Research Articles
Authors

Naz Zeynep Ateş This is me 0000-0002-9794-0554

Kübra Bayrak This is me 0000-0002-9199-8296

M. Ergun Turgay This is me 0000-0003-1708-8283

Erol Kam This is me 0000-0001-5850-5464

Publication Date June 1, 2021
Submission Date December 30, 2019
Published in Issue Year 2020 Volume: 38 Issue: 2

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Vancouver Ateş NZ, Bayrak K, Turgay ME, Kam E. EVALUATION OF EXCESS LIFETIME CANCER RISK CAUSED BY EXTERNAL EXPOSURE DUE TO NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY IN BOLU, TURKEY. SIGMA. 2021;38(2):945-54.

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