Detection of microplastics in human saphenous vein tissue using μFTIR: A pilot study

Jeanette M. Rotchell; Lauren C. Jenner; Emma Chapman; Robert T. Bennett; Israel Olapeju Bolanle; Mahmoud Loubani; Laura Sadofsky; James Hobkirk; Timothy M. Palmer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0280594

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Detection of microplastics in human saphenous vein tissue using μFTIR: A pilot study

Jeanette M. Rotchell ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: J.Rotchell@hull.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom
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Lauren C. Jenner,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Biomedicine, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom
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Emma Chapman,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom
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Robert T. Bennett,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, United Kingdom
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Israel Olapeju Bolanle,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Centre for Biomedicine, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4638-6522

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Mahmoud Loubani,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1826-6686

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Laura Sadofsky,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Biomedicine, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom
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James Hobkirk,

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Research Fellow, Department of Cardiology & Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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Timothy M. Palmer

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

Affiliation Centre for Biomedicine, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom
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Detection of microplastics in human saphenous vein tissue using μFTIR: A pilot study

Jeanette M. Rotchell,
Lauren C. Jenner,
Emma Chapman,
Robert T. Bennett,
Israel Olapeju Bolanle,
Mahmoud Loubani,
Laura Sadofsky,
James Hobkirk,
Timothy M. Palmer

Published: February 1, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280594

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