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Ochommadu KK

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• Research Article
  Radiological Impacts of Natural Radioactivity in Locally Produced Tobacco Products in Oyo State, Nigeria
  Author(s): Akinyose FC, Tchokossa P, Orosun MM, Umakha M, Ochommadu KK and Oluyide S Akinyose FC, Tchokossa P, Orosun MM, Umakha M, Ochommadu KK and Oluyide S
  
  Radionuclides are found naturally in air, water and soil. They are even found in vegetation, consumer products and in human body. Everyone on the planet is exposed to some background level of ionizing radiation through external exposures that occurs as a result of irradiation, and internal exposures that occurs as a result of ingestion and inhalation. Studies have shown that tobacco contains minute quantities of radioisotopes from uranium and thorium-decay series which are radioactive and carcinogenic. Tobacco product increases both external and internal exposure due to these radioisotopes. In fact, tobacco products have been considered to be one of the most significant causes of lung cancer. Owing to the large-scale consumption of tobacco in Nigeria at the present time, locally produced tobacco products in Nigeria were collected from the market and the naturally-occurring 238U and 23.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0398.1000262

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