title: Notice of retraction.
abstract: The following article from the JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, "Demographische Entwicklung der Bevölkerung (Demographic development of the population)", by T. L. Diepgen, published online on 19 August 2005 in Wiley Online Library (www.wileyonlinelibrary.com), and in print in Volume 3, Supplement S2, pp. S36–S39, has been retracted with the agreement of the author, the journal's Editors, Prof. Dr. med. S. Goerdt and Prof. Dr. med. M. Schön, and Blackwell Publishing Ltd. The retraction has been agreed due to significant overlap without acknowledgment with a similar version of the article which first appeared as: Diepgen T L., "Aktuelle Bevölkerungsentwicklung in Deutschland Konsequenzen für Gesundheitspolitik und Dermatologie.Hautarzt". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/l2955255?dopt=AbstractPlus 2003 Sep;54(9): 804–8.