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Health risk assessment due to natural gamma radiation in Durgapur industrial zone and Bakreswar geothermal area, India

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Indoor (IG) and outdoor (OG) dose, total effective dose (TED) per annum, and excess lifetime cancer risk (ELCR) due to natural gamma exposure at Durgapur city (DGP) and Bakreswar hot spring (BAK), India was carried out for the first time. The IG and OG for DGP were found to be 200.83 and 202.19 nGyh−1, respectively. These values for Bak were found to be 153.71 and 155.02 nGyh−1, respectively. The TED and ELCR for DGP and BAK were found to be 1.23 and 0.94 mSvy−1 and 4.31E−3 and 3.30E−3, respectively, which exceed the respective world average values.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the National Institute of Technology Durgapur for financial support through the Institutional RIG Project (Project No. NITD/Estab_Sec/RIG/996/2017 dated 18.09.2017) and other administrative support extended to this research work.

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    Ankita Dawn, Saroj Khutia & Hirok Chaudhuri

  2. Department of Physics, Durgapur Women’s College, MG Avenue, Durgapur, 713209, India

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  3. Department of Science (Physics), Quantum School of Graduate Studies, Quantum University, Roorkee, 247662, India

    Chiranjit Maji

  4. Center for Research on Environment and Water (CREW), National Institute of Technology Durgapur, MG Avenue, Durgapur, 713209, India

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Dawn, A., Khutia, S., Maji, C. et al. Health risk assessment due to natural gamma radiation in Durgapur industrial zone and Bakreswar geothermal area, India. J Radioanal Nucl Chem (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-09167-x

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