About the Authors

Athar Khalil

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

aak67@mail.aub.edu (AK); drmahmoudhassoun@hotmail.com (MH)

Affiliation Clinical Research Unit, Rafik Hariri University Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon

Radhika Dhingra

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Institute for Environmental Health Solutions, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Jida Al-Mulki

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary and Intensive Care Unit, Rafik Hariri University Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon

Mahmoud Hassoun

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

aak67@mail.aub.edu (AK); drmahmoudhassoun@hotmail.com (MH)

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary and Intensive Care Unit, Rafik Hariri University Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon

Neil Alexis

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Environmental Medicine Asthma and Lung Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.