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Gamma radiation dose rate distribution in the Anand, Bharuch, Vadodara, and Narmada districts of Gujarat, India

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Radiation is present everywhere in the earth, and human beings are continuously exposed to gamma radiation. The health consequences of environmental radiation exposure are a serious societal issue. The purpose of this study was to analyse outdoor radiation in four districts of Gujarat, India: Anand, Bharuch, Narmada, and Vadodara during summer and winter seasons. This study illustrated the influence of lithology of areas on gamma radiation dose values. Summer and winter seasons are the primary factors that alter the causes directly or indirectly; therefore, the influence of season fluctuation on radiation dose rate was investigated. The annual dose rate and mean gamma radiation dose rate values from four districts were found to be greater than the global population weight average value. The mean value of gamma radiation dose rate from 439 locations in the summer and winter seasons was 136.23 nSv/h and 141.58 nSv/h, respectively. According to a paired differences sample study, the significance value between outdoor gamma dose rate in summer and winter seasons was 0.05 indicating that seasons have a significant impact on gamma radiation dose rate. The impact of various types of lithology on gamma radiation dose was studied in all 439 places, and the statistical analysis revealed that there was no significant association between lithology and gamma radiation dose rate in the summer season, but a relationship between lithology and gamma dose rate was observed in the winter season.

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PPS, DC, and DP acknowledge the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences for funding this project.

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This study was funded by the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), DAE sanction number 36(4)/14–77-2014/BRNS/10084 under NUP.

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  1. Department of Environmental Studies, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India

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  2. Indian Institute of Technology, Bhilai, India

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  3. Department of Chemistry, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India

    Padmaja Sudhakar Pamidimukkala & Debjani Chakraborty

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Project inception and management was done by PPS and DC. DC, PPS, and DP contributed to the experimental design and collection of samples. Data analysis was done by DC, PPS, DP, and MKJ. The first draft of the manuscript was written by DP and MKJ, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript and modified the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Patel, D., Jindal, M.K., Pamidimukkala, P.S. et al. Gamma radiation dose rate distribution in the Anand, Bharuch, Vadodara, and Narmada districts of Gujarat, India. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 107104–107117 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-25711-4

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