About the Authors

Victor O. Okoh

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Quentin Felty

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Jai Parkash

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Robert Poppiti

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Deodutta Roy

Droy@fiu.edu

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. Deodutta Roy is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board Member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DR. Performed the experiments: VO JP. Analyzed the data: VO JP QF RP DR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DR. Wrote the paper: DR VO.