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. 2022 Feb 7;19(3):1848. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19031848

Correction: Loer et al. Subjective Generic Health Literacy and Its Associated Factors among Adolescents: Results of a Population-Based Online Survey in Germany. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 8682

Anne-Kathrin M Loer 1,*, Olga M Domanska 1, Christiane Stock 2, Susanne Jordan 1
PMCID: PMC8835594  PMID: 35162933

1. Incorrect Reference/Typing Error

In the discussion chapter (page 15 ff.) of the original paper [1], the numbering of some of the source references slipped or was incorrect, due to incorrect links caused by the literature management program used. The revised references are in ascending order listed below, at the end of this correction paper. Please note that the references before the discussion section in the original paper are correct.

Reference [36] on page 15 was written as: Stewart et al., reference [2]. It should have been: Sørensen et al., reference [3].

Reference [50] on page 15 was written as: Batterham et al., reference [4]. It should have been: Harvey et al., reference [5].

Reference [15] on page 16 was written as: Chung et al., reference [6]. It should have been: Schmidt et al., reference [7].

Reference [55] on page 16 was written as: Torsheim et al., reference [8]. It should have been: Domanska et al., reference [9].

Reference [58] on page 16 was written as: Schwarzer, reference [10]. It should have been: Archer and Lemeshow, reference [11].

Reference [31] on page 16 was written as: Richter et al., reference [12]. It should have been: Schmidt et al., reference [7].

Reference [53] on page 18 was written as: Hartley et al., reference [13]. It should have been: Harvey et al., reference [5].

Reference [31] in the chapter “4.4. Implications for Policy and Practice” on page 18 was written as: Richter et al., reference [12]. It should have been: Schmidt et al., reference [7].

Reference [15] on page 18 was written as: Chung et al., reference [6]. It should have been: Röthlin et al., reference [14].

Reference [61] on page 18 was written as: Zimet et al., reference [15]. It should have been: Geene and Rosenbrock, reference [16].

Reference [62] on page 18 was written as: Currie et al., reference [17]. It should have been: Schaeffer et al., reference [18].

Reference [63] on page 18 was written as: Zimet, reference [19]. It should have been: Hurrelmann et al., reference [20].

Reference [5] on page 18 was written as: O Neill et al., reference [21]. It should have been: Bröder et al., reference [22].

Reference [6] on page 18 was written as: Truman et al., reference [23]. It should have been the reference by Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend [24].

Reference [64] on page 19 was written as: Jordan and Hoebel, reference [25]. It should have been: Bauer, reference [26].

In Table 1, there was a typing error. The number “1” in the sum score for scale D has to be replaced by the number “0”.

The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused and state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. The original article has been updated.

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