ASSESSMENT OF EXPOSURE RATE AND COLLECTIVE EFFECTIVE DOSE EQUIVALENT IN THE CITY OF BAGHDAD DUE TO NATURAL GAMMA-RADIATION

Authors
MAROUF BA MOHAMAD AS TAHA JS
Citation
Ba. Marouf et al., ASSESSMENT OF EXPOSURE RATE AND COLLECTIVE EFFECTIVE DOSE EQUIVALENT IN THE CITY OF BAGHDAD DUE TO NATURAL GAMMA-RADIATION, Science of the total environment, 133(1-2), 1993, pp. 133-137
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Science of the total environment → ACNP
ISSN journal
00489697
Volume
133
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
133 - 137
Database
ISI
SICI code
0048-9697(1993)133:1-2<133:AOERAC>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Exposure rate measurements in the city of Baghdad were initiated in Ju ne 198 1. The average exposure rate, the average annual effective dose equivalent and the collective effective dose equivalent are assessed. The data are presented according to the eleven municipal divisions of the city. The average exposure rate was 6.9 muR h-1 and an average an nual effective dose equivalent of 4.5 x 10(-4) Sv year-1. The collecti ve effective dose equivalent is 1.81 x 10(3) man Sv year-1.