Understanding the Occurrence and Fate of Atmospheric Microplastics and Their Potential Risks to Human Health: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Analysis

Shaikh Sharif Hasan   ¹ , MBBS, MPM ;   Abdus Salam   ² , PhD ;   Mohammad Moniruzzaman   ³ , PhD ;   Md Aynul Bari   ⁴ , PhD ;   Nirupam Aich   ⁵ , PhD ;   Farjana Jahan   ¹ , MBBS, MPH ;   Mahbubur Rahman   ^{1, 6} , MBBS, MPH ;   Zubayer Islam   ² , BSc, MSc ;   Md Humayun Kabir   ³ , PhD ;   Md Aftab Ali Shaikh   ^{2, 3} ;   Rubhana Raqib   ⁷ , PhD ;   Sarker Masud Parvez   ^{1, 8} , MPH

¹ Health System and Population Studies Division, Environmental Health and WASH, icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh

² Department of Chemistry, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

³ Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhaka, Bangladesh

⁴ Department of Environmental & Sustainable Engineering, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, United States

⁵ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States

⁶ Global Health and Migration Unit, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

⁷ Nutrition Research Division, icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh

⁸ Children’s Health and Environment Program, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia