About the Authors

Sandra Ortlieb

Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, Institute of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

Lukas Gorzelniak

Affiliation Institute of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

Dennis Nowak

Affiliations Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany, Comprehensive Pneumology Center Munich (CPC-M), Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Munich, Germany

Ralf Strobl

Affiliations Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometrics and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany, German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

Eva Grill

Affiliations Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometrics and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany, German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

Barbara Thorand

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

Annette Peters

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

Klaus A. Kuhn

Affiliation Institute of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

Stefan Karrasch

Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany, Institute of General Practice, University Hospital Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

Alexander Horsch

These authors shared last authorship.

Affiliations Institute of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany, Department of Computer Science, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Holger Schulz

schulz@helmholtz-muenchen.de

These authors shared last authorship.

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LG DN SK AP BT EG RS KAK HS AH. Performed the experiments: LG DN SK AP BT EG RS KAK HS AH. Analyzed the data: SO AH HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH HS LG SK SO. Wrote the paper: SO. Manuscript revision and final approval of the version to be published: SO LG DN RS EG BT AP KAK SK AH HS.