Dr. Asha Arora, Dr. Mokshi

Uranium, Radon & Heavy Metals Determination for Health Risk Assessment

Case Study: Punjab and Himachal Pradesh

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Produktbeschreibung

The world is naturally radioactive and around 90% of human radiation exposure arises from natural sources such as cosmic radiations, exposure to radon gas and terrestrial radiations. Main objectives of the study is:1. To see the trend in variation of these radionuclides in the environment, as we move from Punjab to Himachal Pradesh, as Punjab sediments are derived from Himachal Himalayas.2. To compare the data obtained with(i) The safe limits recommended by different health agencies (ii) Worldwide data reported by these agencies. With the rapidly increasing industrial development in the second half of twentieth century, elemental analysis has received more attention and the responsibility for securing high quality standards for industrial products in particular as well as for quality of life in general. In addition to the natural radionuclides, some of the toxic heavy metals are also analyzed in water and soil samples from the health point of view.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 310g
• ISBN-13: 9786204954288
• ISBN-10: 6204954288
• Artikelnr.: 64221969

Autorenporträt

Dr. Asha has completed her Doctorate fron GNDU, Amritsar in 2008. She has about 50 research publications in the international peer reviewed journals and has been reviewer of many Elsevier's journals.Dr. Mokshi, Head and Assistant Professor, Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Dev Samaj College For Women, Punjab India.