Acknowledgement
The authors are most grateful to the Radiation Protection Institute (RPI) of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) for availing all the needed facilities to conduct this study. We acknowledge the tremendous support extended to us by Edith Amoatey and Edward Gyasi of the External Dosimetry Laboratory at RPI, GAEC.
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