Total annual effective dose and health risk due to intake of natural radionuclides of some vegetables cultivated in suburban Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

• Published in: Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry Vol. 331; no. 5; pp. 2359 - 2367
• Main Authors: Ba, Vu Ngoc, Thien, Bui Ngoc, Phuong, Huynh Truc, Hai, Vo Hong, Loan, Truong Thi Hong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.05.2022; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Crops; Diagnostic Radiology; Emitters; Food; Hadrons; Health aspects; Heavy Ions; Ingestion; Inorganic Chemistry; Nuclear Chemistry; Nuclear Physics; Physical Chemistry; Radioisotopes; Radium 226; Vegetables; Vietnam; Natural radionuclides; Annual effective dose; Vegetable

In this work, activity concentration of 40 K, 226 Ra, 232 Th, gross alpha and gross beta and annual effective dose due to ingestion of natural radionuclides were estimated for 10 types of popular food crops cultivated in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Owing to contribution of 40 K activity to the gross...