Radionuclide concentration in tea, cabbage, orange, kiwi and soil and lifetime cancer risk due to gamma radioactivity in Rize, Turkey

Keser R., GORUR F. K., AKÇAY N., OKUMUSOGLU N. T.

JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, vol.91, no.6, pp.987-991, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 91 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1002/jsfa.4259
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.987-991
  • Keywords: radioactivity, food, soil, gamma dose, lifetime cancer risk, FOODSTUFFS, ANATOLIA
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In this study, the activity concentrations of Th-232, U-238, K-40 and Cs-137 were measured in tea, cabbage, orange, kiwi and soil samples collected from different stations using gamma spectrometry with a high-purity germanium detector.