About the Authors

Werner Maier

werner.maier@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Affiliation Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Neuherberg, Germany

Christa Scheidt-Nave

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Rolf Holle

Affiliation Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Neuherberg, Germany

Lars E. Kroll

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Thomas Lampert

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Yong Du

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Christin Heidemann

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Andreas Mielck

Affiliation Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Neuherberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WM AM. Analyzed the data: WM. Wrote the paper: WM. Critical review: CSN RH LK TL YD CH AM. Interpretation of data: CSN RH LK TL YD CH AM. Contribution to discussion: CSN RH LK TL YD CH AM.