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Source identification and human health risk to polychlorinated biphenyls in public parks and playground surface soils, southern zone of Ghana.
Environ Monit Assess
November 2024
Graduate School of Nuclear and Allied Science, University of Ghana, Atomic Energy, Kwabenya, P.O. Box AE 1, Accra, Ghana.
Article Synopsis
- PCBs are persistent organic pollutants found in soils globally, with this research assessing their potential health risks in public playgrounds and parks in southern Ghana.
- Surface soil samples from 56 sites were analyzed for seven types of PCBs and revealed low concentrations well below safety guidelines.
- The findings suggest minimal carcinogenic risk for children and adults, indicating that outdoor activities in these areas are generally safe for human health.
Medical physics practice and training in Ghana.
Phys Med
June 2016
School of Nuclear and Allied Science, University of Ghana, Atomic Campus, P.O. Box AE 1, Kwabenya, Accra, Ghana. Electronic address:
Medical physics has been an indispensable and strategic stakeholder in the delivery of radiological services to the healthcare system of Ghana. The practice has immensely supported radiation oncology and medical imaging facilities over the years, while the locally established training programme continues to produce human resource to feed these facilities. The training programme has grown to receive students from other African countries in addition to local students.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAssessment of some image quality tests on a 128 slice computed tomography scanner using a Catphan700 phantom.
J Med Phys
May 2016
Department of Medical Physics, School of Nuclear and Allied Science, University of Ghana-Atomic Campus, Navrongo, Ghana, West Africa.
The design of a multisource americium-beryllium (Am-Be) neutron irradiation facility using MCNP for the neutronic performance calculation.
Appl Radiat Isot
August 2014
University of Ghana, School of Nuclear and Allied Science, P.O. Box AE1, Atomic Energy, Accra, Ghana.
The americium-beryllium neutron irradiation facility at the National Nuclear Research Institute (NNRI), Ghana, was re-designed with four 20 Ci sources using Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) code to investigate the maximum amount of flux that is produced by the combined sources. The results were compared with a single source Am-Be irradiation facility. The main objective was to enable us to harness the maximum amount of flux for the optimization of neutron activation analysis and to enable smaller sample sized samples to be irradiated.
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