About the Authors
- Claudia Lamina
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Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Friedhelm Bongardt
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Affiliation Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
- Helmut Küchenhoff
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Affiliation Institute for Statistics, Stablab, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
- Iris M. Heid
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* E-mail: heid@helmholtz-muenchen.de
Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: IH HK. Performed the experiments: CL FB. Analyzed the data: CL FB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IH. Wrote the paper: IH CL. Other: Consulted in methodology and manuscript writing: HK. Wrote the grant for research position: IH.