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A unique high natural background radiation area in Indonesia: a brief review from the viewpoint of dose assessments

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Some areas around the world have anomalies with high natural radiation that may affect public health due to chronic-low-dose radiation exposure. In the paper, we summarized several studies that find Mamuju, Indonesia, a unique high natural radiation area. The majority of the relevant papers are about monitoring, main sources, and influential factors for the enhancement of radon and dose assessments. Under these circumstances, the Mamuju region is regarded as a promising area for conducting epidemiological studies, and it will provide a unique opportunity for improving and expanding low-dose-rate data on human health effects.

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Acknowledgements

This work was partially supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI Grant No. JP16K15368, JP16H02667, JP18KK0261, JP18K10023, JP20H00556, the Hirosaki University Institutional Research Grant and Indonesia government research grant (DIPA).

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  1. Department of Radiation Science, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University, 66-1 Hon-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori, 036-8564, Japan

    Eka Djatnika Nugraha, Masahiro Hosoda & Yuki Tamakuma

  2. Department of Radioecology, Center for Technology of Radiation Safety and Metrology, National Nuclear Energy Agency, Jl Lebak Bulus Raya No 49, Jakarta Selatan, DKI Jakarta, 12440, Indonesia

    Eka Djatnika Nugraha & June Mellawati

  3. Department of Radiation Measurement and Physical Dosimetry, Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University, 66-1 Hon-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori, 036-8564, Japan

    Masahiro Hosoda & Shinji Tokonami

  4. Departement of International Cooperation and Collaborative Research, Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University, 66-1 Hon-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori, 036-8564, Japan

    Chutima Kranrod

  5. Departement of Radiochemistry and Radioecology, Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University, 66-1 Hon-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori, 036-8564, Japan

    Naofumi Akata

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Nugraha, E.D., Hosoda, M., Tamakuma, Y. et al. A unique high natural background radiation area in Indonesia: a brief review from the viewpoint of dose assessments. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 330, 1437–1444 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-07908-4

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