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- Title
Instrumental neutron activation analysis of environmental samples from a region with prevalence of population disabilities in the North Gondar, Ethiopia.
- Authors
Bitewlign, Teshager; Chaubey, Ashok; Beyene, Getaneh; Melikegnaw, Tamene; Mizera, Jiří; Kameník, Jan; Krausová, Ivana; Kučera, Jan
- Abstract
Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) of soil, coal, water, and crops from the village of Awdarda in the North Gondar, Ethiopia, where the residents suffer from various disabilities, was performed in an attempt to elucidate the existing health problems. More than forty elements were determined in the samples analyzed. Comparison of our results with literature values indicates highly elevated contents of terrigenous elements in Awdarda cereals, possibly due to contamination by excavation and indoor combustion of local coal-bearing sediments. Impact is discussed of the elevated aluminium and the rare earth elements levels in crops on the health problems.
- Subjects
ETHIOPIA; COAL; EXCAVATION; NUCLEAR activation analysis; ALUMINUM isotopes
- Publication
Journal of Radioanalytical & Nuclear Chemistry, 2017, Vol 311, Issue 3, p2047
- ISSN
0236-5731
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10967-017-5187-0