Gross Alpha and Beta Activity and Annual Committed Effective Doses due to Natural Radionuclides in some Medicinal Plants commonly used in Ghana
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1 L. Tettey-Larbi, 1, 2 E. O. Darko, 2 C. Schandorf, 3 A. A. Appiah, 4 F. Sam, 1, 2 A. Faanu, 1 D. K. Okoh, 1 H. Lawluvi, 1 B. K. Agyeman, 1 C. Kansaana, 1 P. A. Amoah, 1 R. K. Osei, 1 R. Agalga, 1 S. Osei Radiation Protection Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P. O. Box LG 80, Legon, Ghana. Graduate School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box AE 1, Atomic Energy, Ghana Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine, P. O. Box 73, Mampong-Akuapem, Ghana. School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham. Birmingham B15 2TT. United Kingdom.
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