Measurement of radon concentration in water within Ojo axis of Lagos State, Nigeria

M Mostafa, MA Olaoye, AK Ademola, OA Jegede… - Analytica, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: The problem of radon (Radon-222) in water is one of the daily health hazards
faced by those in Ojo Axis, Nigeria. Therefore, continuous monitoring of radon contamination …

Natural radioactivity in the prospecting tunnel in Egypt: Dose rate and risk assessment

MY Hanfi, BM Emad, MI Sayyed, MU Khandaker… - Radiation Physics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Uranium, apparently the most important item of heavy minerals, gains appropriate
prominence in nuclear application. The present study divided into two parts is the …

[HTML][HTML] Radiation doses assessment and radon exhalation rate from the soils of Albyda area, Yemen

MY Hanfi, H El-Gamal, MT Hussien… - Nuclear Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
This work focuses on evaluating the potential health hazards posed by natural radionuclides
in soil samples collected from 20 different sites in the Albyda area, Yemen. The activity …

Radon decay products equilibrium at different aerosol concentrations

MYA Mostafa, HNB Khalaf, M Zhukovsky - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2020 - Elsevier
The influence of aerosol particle concentration on the activity of short-lived radon decay
products (RPDs) was investigated inside a standard radon box. The 218 Po: 214 Pb: 214 Bi …

The effects of fertilizers on increasing the natural radioactivity of cabbage plants

NF Kadhim, HNB Khalaf, YA Baqir… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
In the present work, the effects of different types of fertilizer on the natural radioactivity
content of soil and cabbages was studied. Gamma spectroscopy Reagent NaI (Tl) was used …

Indoor activity size distribution of the short-lived radon progeny

M Yuness, A Mohamed, H Nazmy, M Moustafa… - … research and risk …, 2016 - Springer
Activity size distribution of the short-lived radon progeny in indoor air was measured
continuously over several weeks. Two different measurement techniques were used: a direct …

Attachment rate characteristics of different wide used aerosol sources in indoor air

MYA Mostafa, HNB Khalaf, M Zhukovsky - Journal of Environmental Health …, 2021 - Springer
In this work, six different aerosol sources, used in everyday life, were investigated to analyze
parameters such as concentration, size distributions, and dynamics: regular and electronic …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal behavior of radon decay products in indoor air and resulting radiation dose to human respiratory tract

AMA Mostafa, H Yamazawa, MAM Uosif… - Journal of Radiation …, 2015 - Elsevier
Most of radiation hazard of indoor radon is largely due to the radon progenies, which are
inhaled and deposited in the human respiratory tract. It is essential to evaluate aerodynamic …

[HTML][HTML] Association between ambient beta particle radioactivity and lower hemoglobin concentrations in a cohort of elderly men

CLZ Vieira, E Garshick, D Alvares, J Schwartz… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Although ionizing radiation is known to have detrimental effects on red blood cells, the effect
of environmental radioactivity associated with ambient particulate matter (PM) is unknown …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of electronic cigarette (EC) aerosols on particle size distribution in indoor air and in a radon chamber

HN Khalaf, MYA Mostafa, M Zhukovsky - Nukleonika, 2019 - sciendo.com
Particle size distribution is an important factor governing whether aerosols can be deposited
in various respiratory tract regions in humans. Recently, electronic cigarette (EC), as the …