Microplastic and Heavy Metal Accumulation in Smokers' Lungs

Source data for a research manuscript submitted to PLOS ONE, concerning the deposition of polyethylene micro/nanoplastics and the accumulation of heavy metals in the lungs of smokers. The dataset consists of 721.0 KB of files in PRISM and XLSX formats, organized by figure and table numbers from the manuscript. It was authored by Gagandeep Kaur and last updated on April 23, 2026.

Use Cases

• Correlating microplastic deposition levels with heavy metal concentrations based on the described lung tissue analysis.
• Validating statistical findings from the associated manuscript based on the provided source data.
• Comparing pollutant accumulation patterns between different sample groups implied by the study's focus on smokers.

Strengths

• Data is directly linked to a peer-reviewed manuscript submitted to PLOS ONE, suggesting academic rigor.
• Files are explicitly organized to correspond with specific figures and tables, aiding reproducibility.
• Published under the permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for broad reuse.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Source data for an academic manuscript under review; collection method is not specified in the provided metadata.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 16:55:58; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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