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Rev Environ Contam Toxicol
; 238: 107-119, 2016.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26670035
ABSTRACT
Radiation is part of the natural environment: it is estimated that approximately 80 % of all human exposure comes from naturally occurring or background radiation. Certain extractive industries such as mining and oil logging have the potential to increase the risk of radiation exposure to the environment and humans by concentrating the quantities of naturally occurring radiation beyond normal background levels (Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli 2004).