About the Authors

Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson

jackie.macdonald@unc.edu

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Jens Thomsen

Affiliation Health Authority–Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Frederic Launay

Affiliation Environment Agency–Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Elizabeth Harder

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Nicholas DeFelice

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMG. Performed the experiments: JMG EH ND. Analyzed the data: JMG EH ND. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FL JT. Wrote the paper: JMG JT FL EH.