Mapping in a radon-prone area in Adamawa region, Cameroon, by measurement of radon activity concentration in soil

• Published in: Radiation and environmental biophysics Vol. 62; no. 4; pp. 427 - 439
• Main Authors: Bachirou, Soumayah, Saïdou, Kranrod, Chutima, Nkoulou II, Joseph Emmanuel Ndjana, Bongue, Daniel, Abba, Hamadou Yerima, Hosoda, Masahiro, Njock, Moise Godfroy Kwato, Tokonami, Shinji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.11.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biological and Medical Physics; Biophysics; Ecosystems; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection; Environmental Physics; Geology; Geostatistics; In situ measurement; Indoor air pollution; Indoor environments; Lung cancer; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis; Original Article; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Radiation; Radium; Radium 226; Radon; Radon levels; Risk; Soil gas; Soil gases; Soils; Thorium; Thorium-232; Transfer factor; Cameroon; Inverse distance-weighted interpolation; Ordinary kriging; Radon concentration; Radon mapping

The radon-prone area of the Adamawa region in Cameroon is characterized by high natural radiation background resulting from the high concentrations of radium-226, thorium-232, and indoor radon. To produce a radon-risk map, radon measurements in soil were carried out in the city of Ngaoundere. The ra...