A review on natural gamma radiation dose levels and its health effects

Authors

Shankramma K, Division of Nanoscience and Technology, Department of Water and Health, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru - 570015, India
Kamsali Nagaraja, Department of Physics, Bangalore University, (Jnanabharathi Campus), Bengaluru – 560056, India
Sathish L A, Department of Physics, Government Science College (Nrupathunga University), Bengaluru - 560001, India
Charan Kumar K, Department of Physics, Bangalore University (Jnanabharathi Campus), Bengaluru – 560056, IndiaFollow

Abstract

Exposure to the natural background gamma radiations in both indoor and outdoor environments is inevitable. The long-term exposure to such radiations could result in lung cancer (sometimes leukaemia, CNS tumours); and hence it must be constantly monitored. In this paper, an attempt is made to review the background natural gamma radiation doses reported at various locations for the south Indian environment and it was found that the gamma levels in coastal regions were relatively higher than those in sub continental locations but in most of the locations the annual effective dose rate was within the permissible limits as per UNSCEAR

Recommended Citation

K, Shankramma; Nagaraja, Kamsali; L A, Sathish; and K, Charan Kumar (2022) "A review on natural gamma radiation dose levels and its health effects," International Journal of Health and Allied Sciences: Vol. 11: Iss. 1, Article 1.
DOI: 10.55691/2278-344X.1001
Available at: https://rescon.jssuni.edu.in/ijhas/vol11/iss1/1