Tuula Vasankari
Professor of practice, MD, PhD
Areas of expertise
Tuberculosis, COPD, respiratory diseases, smoking cessation
Biography
Chief
executive officer in Filha since 2011; responsible of all activities of
Filha, leader of Filha tuberculosis activities
Professor
at Turku University, Faculty of medicine, since 2016
Chairman
in the National advisory group for tuberculosis treatment since 2007
Member
of the National expert group for follow up of the Finnish National
Tuberculosis program since 2007
Member
of the National expert group for TB control since 2007
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From
2002 to 2011 Senior doctor/consultant in Turku University Hospital (TYKS), special
responsibility in tuberculosis
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From
2005 to 2011 Senior researcher in National
institute for health and welfare
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Research
Research in the field of TB epidemiology, epidemiology of obstructive pulmonary diseases, lung cancer and smoking
Publications
- Effect of Lung Cancer Screening, Smoking Cessation, and Cessation Smartphone App to Health-Related Quality of Life Among Heavy Smokers: Randomized Controlled Trial (2026)
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
Kurtti, Antti; Iivanainen, Sanna; Kaarteenaho, Riitta; Andersen, Heidi; Jekunen, Antti; Vasankari, Tuula; Koivunen, Jussi
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Methodology for the Development of the Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma (ARIA)-EAACI 2024–2025 Guidelines: From Evidence-to-Decision Frameworks to Digitalised Shared Decision-Making Algorithms (2026) Bousquet, Jean; Sousa‐Pinto, Bernardo; Vieira, Rafael José; Schünemann, Holger J.; Zuberbier, Torsten; Bognanni, Antonio; Togias, Alkis; Samolinski, Boleslaw; Valiulis, Arunas; Williams, Sian; Bedbrook, Anna; Czarlewski, Wienczyslawa; Jose Torres, Maria; Shamji, Mohamed H.; Morais‐Almeida, Mário; Canonica, G. Walter; de las Vecillas, Leticia; Dykewicz, Mark S.; Jacomelli, Cristina; Klimek, Ludger; Leemann, Lucas; Lourenço, Olga; Palamarchuk, Yuliia; Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G.; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Savouré, Marine; Toppila‐Salmi, Sanna K.; Ventura, Maria Teresa; Yepes‐Nuñez, Juan Jose; Cruz, Alvaro A.; Ciprandi, Giorgio; Gemicioglu, Bilun; Giovannini, Mattia; Gradauskiene, Brigita; Jartti, Tuomas; Jeseňák, Miloš; Kuna, Piotr; Kvedariene, Violeta; Larenas‐Linnemann, Désirée E.; Latiff, Amir H. A.; Mohammad, Yousser; Ohta, Ken; Mahesh, Padukudru A.; Pali‐Schöll, Isabella; Pfaar, Oliver; Regateiro, Frederico S.; Roche, Nicolas; Sofiev, Mikhail; Taborda‐Barata, Luís; Suppli Ulrik, Charlotte; Valentin Rostan, Marylin; Viegi, Giovanni; Zhang, Luo; Antó, Josep M.; Haahtela, Tari; Cherrez‐Ojeda, Ivan; Ivancevich, Juan Carlos; Khaltaev, Nikolai; Yorgancioglu, Arzu; Abdullah, Baharudin; Al‐Ahmad, Mona; Al‐Nesf, Maryam Ali; Amaral, Rita; Asllani, Julijana; Bergmann, Karl‐C; Bernstein, Jonathan A.; Blaiss, Michael S.; Braido, Fulvio; Camargos, Paulo; Carreiro‐Martins, Pedro; Casale, Thomas; Cecchi, Lorenzo; Fiocchi, Alessandro G.; Giuliano, Antonio F. M.; Christoff, George; Cirule, Ieva; Correia‐de‐Sousa, Jaime; Costa, Elisio M.; Del Giacco, Stefano; Devillier, Philippe; Dokic, Dejan; Hossny, Elham; Iinuma, Tomohisa; Irani, Carla; Ispayeva, Zhanat; Julge, Kaja; Kaidashev, Igor; Bennoor, Kazi S.; Kraxner, Helga; Kull, Inger; Kulus, Marek; Kupczyk, Maciej; Kurchenko, Andriy; La Grutta, Stefania; Miculinic, Neven; Tuyet, Lan Le Thi; Makris, Michael; Milenkovic, Branislava; Lee, Sang Min; Montefort, Stephen; Moreira, André; Mullol, Joaquim; Nadif, Rachel; Nakonechna, Alla; Neffen, Hugo E.; Niedoszytko, Marek; Nyembue, Dieudonné; O'Hehir, Robyn; Ogulur, Ismail; Okamoto, Yoshitaka; Olze, Heidi; Palomares, Oscar; Panzner, Petr; Patella, Vincenzo; Pawankar, Ruby; Pitsios, Constantinos; Popov, Todor A.; Puggioni, Francesca; Quirce, Santiago; Ramonaité, Agné; Recto, Marysia; Repka‐Ramirez, Maria Susana; Roberts, Graham; Robles‐Velasco, Karla; Rottem, Menachem; Salapatas, Marianella; Sastre, Joaquin; Scichilone, Nicola; Sisul, Juan Carlos; Solé, Dirceu; Soto‐Martinez, Manuel E.; Sova, Milan; Tantilipikorn, Pongsakorn; Todo‐Bom, Ana; Tsaryk, Vladyslav; Tsiligianni, Ioanna; Urrutia‐Pereira, Marilyn; Valovirta, Erkka; Van Ganse, Eric; Vasankari, Tuula; Wallace, Dana; Wang, De Yun; Worm, Margitta; Yusuf, Osman M.; Zidarn, Mihaela; Gil‐Mata, Sara; Marques‐Cruz, Manuel; Mahboub, Bassam; Ansotegui, Ignacio J.; Romano, Antonino; Artesani, Maria Cristina; Barreto, Bruno; Becker, Sven; Beghe, Bianca; Bouchard, Jacques; Bourgoin‐Heck, Melisande; Brussino, Luisa; Buhl, Roland; Calvo‐Gil, Mario; Dahl, Victoria Cardona; Vizuete, José Antonio Castillo; Charpin, Denis; Chavannes, Niels H.; Chełmińska, Marta; Cheng, Lei; Chkhartishvili, Ekaterine; Chong‐Neto, Herberto Jose; Choudhury, Deepa; Chu, Derek; Cingi, Cemal; Compalati, Enrico; Cvetkovski, Biljana; Da Silva, Jane; D'Amato, Gennaro; Davies, Janet; Di Bona, Danilo; Dimou, Maria V.; Teixeira, Maria Do Ceu; Doulaptsi, Maria; Pérez, José Miguel Fuentes; Gawlik, Radoslaw; Goksel, Ozlem; Gómez, Maximiliano R.; Gonzalez Diaz, Sandra N.; Gotua, Maia; Grigoreas, Christos; Grisle, Ineta; Guzman, Maria Antonieta; House Tan, Rachel; Hyland, Michael; Ierodiakonou, Despo; Karavelia, Aspasia; Kisiel, Marta; Kosnik, Mitja; Kritikos, Vicky; Lombardi, Carlo; Martini, Matteo; Meço, Cem; Mesonjesi, Eris; Mihaltan, Florin; Moniuszko, Marcin; Naclerio, Robert; Neisinger, Sophia; Ordak, Michal; Paoletti, Giovanni; Perdomo‐Flores, Edgar Arturo; Pham‐Thi, Nhan; Prokopakis, Emmanuel; Yeverino, Daniela Rivero; Rolla, Giovanni; Romantowski, Jan; Rouadi, Philip W.; Rukhadze, Maia; Sakurai, Daiju; Salameh, Laila; Sarquis Faradiba, Serpa; Kosak, Tanja Soklic; Soyka, Michael; Sozinova, Olga; Specjalski, Krzysztof; Tomic‐Spiric, Vesna; Vachova, Martina; van Hage, Marianne; Koyuncu, Ilgim Vardaloglu; Vichyanond, Pakit; Wagenmann, Martin; Ko, Fanny Wai San; Werminghaus, Pascal; Xepapadaki, Vicky Paraskevi; Xiang, Yi‐Kui; Fonseca, João A.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Response to the comment of Yu Tian et al. on “Increasing sleep apnoea burden in the elderly in Finland from 1996 to 2018: A national registry study” (2026)
- Respiratory Medicine and Research
Hasala, Hannele; Mattila, Tiina; Kreivi, Hanna-Riikka; Avellan-Hietanen, Heidi; Vasankari, Tuula; Herse, Fredrik; Leskelä, Riikka-Leena; Toppila-Salmi, Sanna; Erhola, Marina; Jääskeläinen, Tuija; Haahtela, Tari
(B1 Other refereed article (e.g., editorial, letter, comment) in a scientific journal)
- Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma (ARIA)-EAACI Guidelines—2024–2025 Revision: Part I—Guidelines on Intranasal Treatments (2025) Sousa‐Pinto, Bernardo; Bousquet, Jean; Vieira, Rafael José; Schünemann, Holger J.; Zuberbier, Torsten; Bognanni, Antonio; Togias, Alkis; Samolinski, Boleslaw; Valiulis, Arunas; Williams, Sian; Bedbrook, Anna; Czarlewski, Wienczyslawa; Torres, Maria Jose; Shamji, Mohamed H.; Morais‐Almeida, Mário; Canonica, G. Walter; de las Vecillas, Leticia; Dykewicz, Mark S.; Jacomelli, Cristina; Klimek, Ludger; Leemann, Lucas; Lourenço, Olga; Palamarchuk, Yuliia; Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G.; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Savouré, Marine; Toppila‐Salmi, Sanna K.; Ventura, Maria Teresa; Yepes‐Nuñez, Juan José; Cruz, Alvaro A.; Ciprandi, Giorgio; Gemicioglu, Bilun; Giovannini, Mattia; Gradauskiene, Brigita; Jartti, Tuomas; Jeseňák, Miloš; Kuna, Piotr; Kvedariene, Violeta; Larenas‐Linnemann, Désirée E.; Latiff, Amir H. A.; Mohammad, Yousser; Ohta, Ken; Mahesh, Padukudru A.; Pali‐Schöll, Isabella; Pfaar, Oliver; Regateiro, Frederico S.; Roche, Nicolas; Taborda‐Barata, Luís; Ulrik, Charlotte Suppli; Rostan, Marylin Valentin; Viegi, Giovanni; Zhang, Luo; Haahtela, Tari; Cherrez‐Ojeda, Ivan; Ivancevich, Juan Carlos; Khaltaev, Nikolai; Yorgancioglu, Arzu; Abdullah, Baharudin; Al‐Ahmad, Mona; Al‐Nesf, Maryam Ali; Amaral, Rita; Asllani, Julijana; Bergmann, Karl‐C.; Bernstein, Jonathan A.; Blaiss, Michael S.; Braido, Fulvio; Camargos, Paulo; Carreiro‐Martins, Pedro; Casale, Thomas; Cecchi, Lorenzo; Fiocchi, Alessandro; Giuliano, Antonio F. M.; Christoff, George; Cirule, Ieva; de Sousa, Jaime Correia; Costa, Elisio M.; Del Giacco, Stefano; Devillier, Philippe; Dokic, Dejan; Hossny, Elham; Iinuma, Tomohisa; Irani, Carla; Ispayeva, Zhanat; Julge, Kaja; Kaidashev, Igor; Bennoor, Kazi S.; Kraxner, Helga; Kull, Inger; Kulus, Marek; Kupczyk, Maciej; Kurchenko, Andriy; La Grutta, Stefania; Miculinic, Neven; Tuyet, Lan Le Thi; Makris, Michael; Milenkovic, Branislava; Lee, Sang Min; Montefort, Stephen; Moreira, Andre; Mullol, Joaquim; Nadif, Rachel; Nakonechna, Alla; Neffen, Hugo E.; Niedoszytko, Marek; Nyembue, Dieudonné; O'Hehir, Robyn E.; Ogulur, Ismail; Okamoto, Yoshitaka; Olze, Heidi; Palomares, Oscar; Panzner, Petr; Patella, Vincenzo; Pawankar, Ruby; Pitsios, Constantinos; Popov, Todor A.; Puggioni, Francesca; Quirce, Santiago; Ramonaité, Agné; Recto, Marysia; Repka‐Ramirez, Maria Susana; Roberts, Graham; Robles‐Velasco, Karla; Rottem, Menachem; Salapatas, Marianella; Sastre, Joaquin; Scichilone, Nicola; Sisul, Juan‐Carlos; Solé, Dirceu; Soto‐Martinez, Manuel E.; Sova, Milan; Tantilipikorn, Pongsakorn; Todo‐Bom, Ana; Tsaryk, Vladyslav; Tsiligianni, Ioanna; Urrutia‐Pereira, Marilyn; Valovirta, Erkka; Vasankari, Tuula; Wallace, Dana; Wang, De Yun; Worm, Margitta; Yusuf, Osman M.; Zidarn, Mihaela; Gil‐Mata, Sara; Marques‐Cruz, Manuel; Mahboub, Bassam; Ansotegui, Ignacio J.; Romano, Antonino; Aberer, Werner; Artesani, Maria Cristina; Azzolini, Elena; Barreto, Bruno; Bartra, Joan; Becker, Sven; Beghe, Bianca; Boner, Attilio; Borowiack, Ewa; Bouchard, Jacques; Bourgoin‐Heck, Melisande; Brussino, Luisa; Buhl, Roland; Castillo‐Vizuete, José Antonio; Charpin, Denis; Chavannes, Niels H.; Chełmińska, Marta; Cheng, Lei; Chkhartishvili, Ekaterine; Cho, Seong H.; Chong‐Neto, Herberto Jose; Choudhury, Deepa; Chu, Derek K.; Cingi, Cemal; Compalati, Enrico; Albuquerque Costa, Raquel; Cunha, Olga Mariana; Cvetkovski, Biljana; Cardona‐Dahl, Victoria; D'Amato, Gennaro; Davies, Janet; Di Bona, Danilo; Gonzalez, Diaz Sandra N.; Dimou, Maria V.; Doulaptsi, Maria; Ferreira‐da‐Silva, Renato; Gawlik, Radoslaw; Calvo‐Gil, Mario; Goksel, Ozlem; Gómez, Maximiliano R.; Gotua, Maia; Grigoreas, Christos; Grisle, Ineta; Guzman, Maria Antonieta; House Tan, Rachel; Hyland, Michael; Ierodiakonou, Despo; Karavelia, Aspasia; Keith, Paul; Kisiel, Marta; Kosak, Tanja Soklic; Kosnik, Mitja; Koyuncu, Ilgim Vardaloglu; Kritikos, Vicky; Litynska, Justyna; Lombardi, Carlo; Louis, Gilles; Martini, Matteo; Meço, Cem; Mesonjesi, Eris; Mihaltan, Florin; Moniuszko, Marcin; Naclerio, Robert N.; Nadeau, Kari C.; Neisinger, Sophia; Ollert, Markus; Ordak, Michal; Paoletti, Giovanni; Park, Hae‐Sim; Parmelli, Elena; Perdomo‐Flores, Edgar Arturo; Pérez, José Miguel Fuentes; Pham‐Thi, Nhan; Prokopakis, Emmanuel; Ribeiro‐Vaz, Inês; Rolla, Giovanni; Romantowski, Jan; Rombaux, Philippe; Rouadi, Philip W.; Rukhadze, Maia; Ryan, Dermot; Sadowska, Ewelina; Sakurai, Daiju; Salameh, Laila; Sarquis, Faradiba Serpa; Serrano, Elie; Da Silva, Jane; Soyka, Michael; Specjalski, Krzysztof; Tomic‐Spiric, Vesna; Stevanovic, Katarina; Subramaniam, Abirami; Do Ceu Teixeira, Maria; Thomander, Tuuli; Vachova, Martina; van Hage, Marianne; Vichyanond, Pakit; Wagenmann, Martin; Ko, Fanny Wai San; Werminghaus, Pascal; Xepapadaki, Paraskevi Vicky; Xiang, Yi‐Kui; Yang, Qintai; Yeverino, Daniela Rivero; Zuberbier, Jaron; Fonseca, João A.
(B1 Other refereed article (e.g., editorial, letter, comment) in a scientific journal)
- A multinational Delphi consensus on tuberculosis screening of migrants in Europe (2025) Pinheiro, Marina; Aguiar, Ana; Moreira, David N.; Akkerman, Onno W.; Al-Suwaidi, Zubaida; Alffenaar, Jan-Willem C.; Arandjelović, Irena; Brito, Ulisses; de Colombani, Pierpaolo; Curcic, Radmila; Garcia-Basteiro, Alberto L.; Goletti, Delia; Günther, Gunar; Ibraim, Elmira; Kapata, Nathan; Lange, Christoph; Lipman, Marc; Jankovic Makek, Mateja; Marais, Ben J.; Mariandyshev, Andrei; Magis-Escurra, Cecile; Migliori, Giovanni Battista; Sánchez, Montalvá Adrián; Nanovi,c Zorica; Palmero, Domingo Juan; Priwitzer, Martin; Raviglione, Mario C. B.; Silva, Denise Rossato; Salzer, Helmut J. F.; Schwarzbach, Christian; Spruijt, Ineke; Winthrop, Kevin L.; Udwadia, Zarir; Vasankari, Tuula; Vilaplana, Cristina; Duarte, Raquel
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Association of impaired pulmonary function and objectively measured physical activity in a population study (2025) Lopmeri, Maria; Mattila, Tiina; Tokola, Kari; Vasankari, Tommi; Jääskeläinen, Tuija; Lahti, Jouni; Vasankari, Tuula
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Clinical standards for antimicrobial stewardship in TB care (2025) Brehm, T. T.; Akkerman, O. W.; Sotgiu, G.; Tiberi, S.; Chang, K.-C.; Dheda, K.; Duarte, R.; Vambe, D.; Udwadia, Z. F.; Chesov, D.; Mendelson, M.; Iswari Saktiawati, A. M.; van Ingen, J.; Eyuboglu, F. O.; Tängdén, T.; Quang Vo, L. N.; Riccardi, N.; Moschos, C.; Friedland, J. S.; Lillebaek, T.; Chandy, S. J.; Caminero, J. A.; Thwaites, G.; Gandra, S.; Thursky, K.; George, I. A.; Konstantynovska, O.; Fatima, R.; Yim, J.-J.; Kwak, N.; Olaru, I. D.; Gillespie, S.H.; Kherabi, Y.; Perl, S. H.; Grønningen, E.; Rodrigues, C.; Bjerrum, S.; Bange, F.; Cox, V.; Cirillo, D. M.; Saluzzo, F.; Hara, G. L.; Wagner, D.; Ismail, N.; Sloan, D. J.; Eshun-Wilsonova, I.; Zeng, M.; Cantero, C.; Vasankari, T.; Mandalakas, A.; Kay, A.; Ness, T.; Torrico, M. M.; Günther, G.; Kuksa, L.; Guglielmetti, L.; García-Basteiro, A. L.; Marks, G. B.; Pulcini, C.; Lange, C.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Comparative study of lung cancer care and survival outcomes across the Nordic countries (2025) Khalife, Ghida; Waris, Juho; Bødtger, Uffe; Isaksson, Johan; Neumann, Kirill; Harðardóttir, Hrönn; Andersén, Heidi; Jekunen, Antti; Lovén, Maria; Vasankari, Tuula; Nurmi-Rantala, Susanna; Torkki, Paulus
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Increasing incidence and burden of obstructive sleep apnoea in the Finnish population: A cohort study from 2005 to 2019 (2025) Peuranheimo, Peik; Kreivi, Hanna-Riikka; Ollgren, Jukka; Strausz, Satu; Vasankari, Tuula; Ruoranen, Toni; Ollila, Hanna M.; Hillamaa, Anne; Toppila-Salmi, Sanna; Mattila, Tiina
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Increasing sleep apnoea burden in the elderly in Finland from 1996 to 2018: A national registry study (2025)
- Respiratory Medicine and Research
Hasala, Hannele; Mattila, Tiina; Kreivi, Hanna-Riikka; Avellan-Hietanen, Heidi; Vasankari, Tuula; Herse, Fredrik; Leskelä, Riikka-Leena; Toppila-Salmi, Sanna; Erhola, Marina; Jääskeläinen, Tuija; Haahtela, Tari
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Kommentaari : taistelu tupakoinnin turmelusta vastaan jatkuu (2025) Vasankari, Tuula
(D1 Article in a professional journal)
- Koronainfektion aiheuttamat pitkäaikaismuutokset keuhkoissa (2025) Lindahl, Anna; Aro, Miia; Vasankari, Tuula
(D1 Article in a professional journal)
- Lääkkeille vastustuskykyistä MDR-tuberkuloosia esiintyy Suomessakin - diagnosointi ja hoito on vaativaa (2025) Soini, Hanna; Mentula, Silja; Vasankari, Tuula
(D1 Article in a professional journal)
- Liikunta apukeinona tupakka- ja nikotiinituotteiden käyttöä lopetettaessa (2025)
- Sotilaslääketieteen aikakauslehti
Eklund, Daniela; Lammi, Anelma; Kokko, Juha; Pihlainen, Kai; Vaara, Jani; Danielsson, Maria; Vasankari, Tuula
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal)
- Muutokset sisäilmaan liittyvissä ongelmissa, oireissa, käsityksissä ja uutisoinnissa vuosien 2018 ja 2022 välillä : Kansallisen sisäilma ja terveys -ohjelman väliarviointi ja suunnitellut jatkotoimet (2025) Pekkanen, Juha; Salmela, Anniina; Kulha, Kristiina; Lampi, Jussi; Lappalainen, Sanna; Mäki, Sari; Sainio, Markku; Tulenheimo-Eklund, Elina; Vasankari, Tuula; Vuokko, Aki; Hyvärinen, Anne
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Sodat ja tuberkuloosi (2025) Anttila, Veli-Jukka; Soini, Hanna; Vasankari, Tuula
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
- Temporal changes in blood biomarkers associated with sleep apnoea severity: a retrospective cohort study in Finland (2025) Hellen, Mira; Ruoranen, Toni; Toppila-Salmi, Sanna; Vasankari, Tuula; Kreivi, Hanna-Riikka; Mattila, Tiina; Ollila, Hanna M.; Strausz, Satu
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- The Burden of COPD with Type 2 Inflammation in North-West Continental Europe (2025)
- International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Sandelowsky, Hanna; Løkke, Anders; Kocks, Janwillem; Grøttum, Helle; Bakke, Per; Vasankari, Tuula
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
- Use of nicotine products and withdrawal support among personnel of the Finnish Defence Forces (2025) Danielsson, Maria; Lammi, Aleksi; Sandström, Per; Siitonen, S; Ruohola, Juha-Petri; Ollgren, Jukka; Pylkkänen, Liisa; Vasankari, Tuula
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Use of putative hepatoprotective agents as an adjunct to anti-TB treatment in Europe (2025)
- International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
O. Kirakosyan; M. Reimann; A.B. Andersen; A. Bjarnason; A. Bakos; A.M. Dyrhol-Riise; A.M. McLaughlin; C. Nita; D. Pieridou; D. Chesov; E.V. Davidaviciene; G. Gunther; H. Atshemyan; I. Muylle; I. Solovic; J. Bruchfeld; K. Manika; L. Kuksa; L.R. Codecasa; M. Stosic; M. Skowroski; M.J. Makek; M. Frechet Jachym; M. Knappik; M. Santin N. Yatskevich; O. Konstantynovska; O. Akkerman; P. Svetina; P. Viiklepp; R. Duarte; S. Zeynel; T. Togonidze; T. Vasankari; V. Parris; S¸ . Ozkara; C. Lange; T.T. Brehm
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
