Dr. Catherine Nyambura Publications

Publications in Journals:

1. W. Njoroge and C. Nyambura (2024). Risk Assessment of Resident Farmers in Kilimambogo, Kenya, Using RESRAD Computer Code. International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 14(9) 188-196. https://www.ijsrp.org/research-paper-0924.php?rp=P15313539
2. Nyambura, N. O. Hashim, M. W. Chege and S. Tokonami. (2024). Radiological health assessment of cassava samples from farms in Kilimambogo, Kenya. Food and Public Health, Scientific and Academic Publishing. 14 (1) 25 – 27. https://doi:10.5923/j.fph.20241401.02
3. Nyambura , Hashim N.O., Chege M.W., Tokonami S.,and Omonya F.W. (2019). Cancer and non-cancer health risks from carcinogenic heavy metal exposures in underground water from Kilimambogo, Kenya. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. Elsevier. 10: 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2019.100315
4. Nyambura, S. Tokonami, N. O. Hashim, M. W. Chege, T. Suzuki, H. Kudo and M. Hosoda. (2019). Annual effective dose assessment due to radon and thoron progenies in dwellings of Kilimambogo, Kenya. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncz090
5. Chege and Nyambura C., Review of radon and thoron research in Kenya: 1997–2017, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 184(3-4):479–481. https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncz065
6. W. Chege, N.O Hashim, C. Nyambura, A Mustapha, M. Hosoda and S. Tokonami. (2019). Radon and thoron: Radioactive gases lurking in earthen houses in rural Kenya: Review. Frontiers in Public Health: Radiation and Health.https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00113
7. F O Wanjala, N O Hashim, D Otwoma, C Nyambura, J Kebwaro, A Mauring, J Bartilol, and M Chege (2019). Human exposure to background radiation in Ortum, Kenya, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, ncz264, https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncz264.
8. Wanjala, F. O., Hashim, N. O., Otwoma, D., Nyambura, C., Kebwaro, J., Ndege, M., and Bartilol, (2020). Environmental assessment of heavy metal pollutants in soils and water from Ortum, Kenya. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 192(2), 118. https://doi:10.1007/s10661-020-8070-3
9. Rotich C. K., Hashim N. O., Chege M. W. and Nyambura C. (2020). Measurement of radon activity concentration in underground water of Bureti sub-county of Kericho County Kenya, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncaa193.
10. Rotich C. , Hashim N. O., Chege M. W. and Nyambura C. (2021). Naturally occurring radionuclides in soil samples of Bureti sub-County oF Kericho County KENYA, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncab006.
11. Odongo W. O. G., Chege M. W., Shinji Tokonami S., Hashim N. O., Kranrod C. and Nyambura C. (2021). Radon and thoron exhalation rates from earthen building materials used in high background radiation areas of Homa and Ruri, Kenya. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 197 (1): 12–18 https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncab156
12. Danping Jintong J., Xuebin H., Xiaoping Z., Yong Y., Wenjiang F. and Nyambura. C (2011). Multi-beam method to increase the stability of bridge deflection measurement, Optics & Laser Technology, 43 (7): 1198- 1202. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011OptLT..43.1198L/abstract

Presentation of Papers at Academic and Professional Conferences

1. C. Nyambura, N. O. Hashim, M. W. Chege, S. Tokonami, 2018, M. Hosoda and F.W. Omonya. Risk Assessment due to Consumption of Natural Radionuclides in Cassava from Kilimambogo, Kenya.The Ninth International Symposium on Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material, on 23-27 September 2019, in Denver, Colorado, USA
2. C. Nyambura, N. O. Hashim, M. W. Chege and S. Tokonami, 2018. Human exposure to radiation from consumption of cassava in Kilimambogo, Kenya. 1^st International food safety conference held at Kenyatta University, 20^th to 24^th May, 2019.
3. C. Nyambura, S. Tokonami, N. O. Hashim, M. W. Chege, T. Suzuki, H. Kudo and M. Hosoda. Annual effective dose assessment due to radon and thoron progenies in dwellings of Kilimambogo, Kenya. Presented at the 9th International Conference on High Level Environmental Radiation Areas (ICHLERA 2018) held from 24^th - 27^th September, 2018 at Hirosaki University, Aomori, Japan.
4. C. Nyambura, N. O. Hashim, M. W. Chege and S. Tokonami, 2018. Effective dose equivalent due to radiation exposure from rocks in Kilimambogo, Kenya. Presented at the 1^st International Annual Conference on Attaining Self Reliance Through Research, Innovation and Technology held between 21^st and 23^rd March 2018 at The Meru National Polytechnic, Kenya.
5. C. Nyambura, N. O. Hashim, M. W. Chege and S. Tokonami, 2018. Radioactivity and Risk Assessment of Soil Samples from Kilimambogo, Kenya. Presented at the 10^th hope meeting held on 10^th to 16^th March, 2018 in Yokohama Japan.