About the Authors

Peter Morfeld

Peter.Morfeld@evonik.com

Affiliations Institute for Occupational Epidemiology and Risk Assessment (IERA) of Evonik Industries, Essen, Germany, Institute and Policlinic for Occupational Medicine, Environmental Medicine and Preventive Research, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

David A. Groneberg

Affiliation Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Michael F. Spallek

Affiliations Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, European Research Group on Environment and Health in the Transport Sector (EUGT), Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

PD Dr. Peter Morfeld and Prof Dr. David Groneberg are members of the scientific advisory group of the European Research Group on Environment and Health in the Transport Sector (EUGT, www.eugt.org). PD Dr. Spallek is managing director of EUGT e.V. EUGT performs and supports research on emissions, immissions and health effects related to the transport sector. This does not alter the author's adherence to PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: PM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: PM DG MS. Data Organization: MS DG PM. Health Aspects: MS DG.