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Radioactive levels in Ali Al-Sharqi and Kumait soils

References Lanzo et al. 14 Mouandza et al. 21 Suresh et al. 32 Rahman et al. 4 Nafee et al. 18 Aydarous et al. 25 Faghihi et al. 53 Dizman et al. 27 Saleh and Shaye 55 Thabaynehxx Muhammad et al. 54 Taqi et al. 20 Mohammed et al. 39 Al-Alawy et al. 44 Mohammed and Ahmed 38 UNSCEAR 1 Present study

AGDE (µSv/y) - - 478.8 - - - - 209.7 - - - - - - - 300 165.3 175

ELCR out (×10 -3 ) - - 1.59 - - 0.2 - 0.13 - - - - - 0.128 0.19 0.29 0.1 0.1

Table 7. Radiological hazard indices in the investigated soil samples compared to literature values
ELCR in (×10 -3 ) - - - - - 1.3 - - - - - - - 0.997 1.48 1.16 0.8 0.8

AEDE out (mSv/y) 0.04 1.66 0.08 0.105 0.031 0.1 0.039 0.036 0.045 0.044 0.040 0.048 0.045 0.037 0.06 0.07 0.02 0.03

Radiological hazard indices AEDE in D out (mSv/y) (nGy/h) 0.32 34 9.30 1,352.76 0.32 64.84 0.417 85.045 - 46.50 0.3 37 0.189 32.6 - 29.9 - 37.15 - 35.5 - 33.26 0.189 38.618 0.178 36.320 0.285 29.535 0.45 46.16 0.41 59 0.2 23.5 0.2 24.8 Abbreviations: AEDE: Annual effective dose equivalents; AGDE: Annual gonadal dose equivalent; D: Absorbed gamma dose rates; ECLR: Excess lifetime cancer risk; H ex : External hazard index; H in : Internal hazard inde

D in (nGy/h) - - - - 70 - - - - - - 57.974 91.72 84 44.8 47.2

Iγ - - 0.51 - 0.36 - - 0.2 - 0.55 - 0.603 0.577 - - ≤1 0.2 0.2

H ex - 7.92 0.38 0.482 0.26 - - 0.2 0.25 0.21 0.200 0.210 0.206 0.166 - 1≥ 0.1 0.1

H in - 15.51 0.48 0.642 - - - 0.41 0.3 0.227 0.286 0.248 0.208 - 1≥ 0.2 0.2

R aeq (Bq/kg) 72 2,928.75 140.74 179.26 94.73 - - 62.8 94.21 72 69.83 81.182 74.383 61.434 - 370 50.2 53.2

Country Sicily, Italy Mounana, Gabon Uttara Kannada, India Punjab, Pakistan Shabwah and Hadramout, Yemen Taghdoua, Saudi Arabia Fars, Iran Bolu, Turkey Ma’an, Jordan Tulkarem, Palestine Pshdar, Iraq Kirkuk, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq Al-Sadr, Iraq Ad Dayr, Iraq World average Ali Al- Sharqi, Iraq Kumait, Iraq Note: Refers to not available. the Effects of Atomic Radiation.

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