Open AccessEstimation of cancer risk due to radiation exposure for some daily consumption of foods
Author(s) -
Akbar Abbasi,
V. Bashiry
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_259_18
Subject(s) - mushroom , toxicology , zoology , medicine , food science , biology
Considering the increasing concern about the cancer risk caused by environmental radiological effects related to the food consumption, the study was carried out evaluate the activity concentrations and cancer risk assessments of 226 Ra, 232 Th, and 40 K in 72 food samples collected from different suppliers in Tehran Province of Iran.