title: Population doses from environmental gamma radiation in Iraq.
abstract: The exposure rates due to external gamma radiation were measured in 11 Iraqi governerates. Measurements were performed with an Environmental Monitoring System (RSS-111) in open air 1 m above the ground. The average absorbed dose rate in each governerate was as follows (number x 10(-2) microGy h-1): Babylon (6.0), Kerbala (5.3), Al-Najaf (5.4), Al-Kadysia (6.5), Wasit (6.5), Diala (6.5), Al-Anbar (6.5), Al-Muthana (6.6), Maisan (6.8), Thee-Kar (6.6), and Al-Basrah (6.5). The collective doses to the population living in these governerates were 499, 187, 239, 269, 262, 458, 384, 153, 250, 450, and 419 person-Sv, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Iraq Atomic Energy Commission, Nuclear Research Center, Tuwaitha, Baghdad, Iraq.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Marouf
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Mohamad
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Taha
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: al-Haddad
mesh_terms: D001417:Background Radiation; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005720:Gamma Rays; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D012306:Risk