title: Studies on radiation dose due to radioactive elements present in ground water and soil samples around Mysore city, India.
abstract: A systematic study of the ground water and soil samples collected from different locations around Mysore city (12(°)N and 76(°)E) has been carried out. (226)Ra activity concentration in water samples varies from 0.28 to 189 mBq l(-1) with a geometric mean (GM) of 4.75 mBq l(-1) and (222)Rn concentration in ground water varies from 4.25 to 435 Bq l(-1) with a GM of 25.9 Bq l(-1). The GM of inhalation and ingestion doses due to (222)Rn in water is 65.2 and 5.43, µSv y(-1), respectively. The measured GM gamma dose rate in air is 85.4 nGy h(-1) and absorbed dose rate estimated from the measured activity of radionuclides is 92.6 nGy h(-1).
authors.affiliation: Department of Studies in Physics,  University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006,  India.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Chandrashekara
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Veda
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paramesh
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001417:Background Radiation; D002138:Calibration; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D011883:Radium / Q000032:analysis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D013053:Spectrophotometry / Q000379:methods; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D014881:Water Supply
chemical_list: D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive; D011883:Radium