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  1. Aircraft-Assisted Pilot Suicides in the General Aviation Increased for One-Year Period after 11 September 2001 Attack in the United States

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, November 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  2. Pilot Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Fatal Aviation Accidents

    Article • Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors, September 2018, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  3. Challenges in investigation of diabetes-related aviation fatalities—an analysis of 1491 subsequent aviation fatalities in USA during 2011–2016

    Article • International Journal of Legal Medicine, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  4. Duty of Notification and Aviation Safety—A Study of Fatal Aviation Accidents in the United States in 2015

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, June 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  5. Copycats in Pilot Aircraft-Assisted Suicides after the Germanwings Incident

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, March 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  6. Depicting new pharmacological strategies for familial hypercholesterolaemia involving lipoprotein (a)

    Article • European Heart Journal, October 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  7. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Fatal Accidents in Aviation Medicine

    Article • Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, September 2017, Aerospace Medical Association

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  8. Statins for children with familial hypercholesterolemia

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, July 2017, Wiley

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  9. The need to establish consistent international safety investigation guidelines for the chemical industries

    Article • Safety Science, June 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  10. General Aviation Pilots Over 70 Years Old

    Article • Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, February 2017, Aerospace Medical Association

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  11. Bipolar Disorder in Aviation Medicine

    Article • Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, January 2017, Aerospace Medical Association

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  12. Response to Dr. Gerald M Reaven: good news for patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia: statins are not diabetogenic in this disease

    Article • Journal of Internal Medicine, July 2016, Wiley

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  13. Initiation of PCSK9 inhibition in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia entering adulthood: a new design for living with a high-risk condition?

    Article • European Heart Journal, February 2016, European Society of Cardiology

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  14. Statins and new-onset diabetes mellitus - a risk lacking in familial hypercholesterolaemia

    Article • Journal of Internal Medicine, August 2015, Wiley

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  15. On doctors’ accountability and flight deck safety

    Article • Croatian Medical Journal, August 2015, Croatian Medical Journal

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  16. Evaluation and Treatment of Older Patients With Hypercholesterolemia

    Article • JAMA, September 2014, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  17. Aircraft-Assisted Pilot Suicides: Lessons to be Learned

    Article • Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine, August 2014, Aerospace Medical Association

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  18. Inhibition of hepatic microsomal triglyceride transfer protein – a novel therapeutic option for treatment of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia

    Article • Vascular Health and Risk Management, May 2014, Dove Medical Press

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  19. What fatal occupational accident investigators can learn from fatal aircraft accident investigations

    Article • Safety Science, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  20. Major Depression and Fitness to Fly by Different Aviation Authorities

    Article • Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine, September 2012, Aerospace Medical Association

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  21. Benefits of dietary phytosterols

    Article • Clinical Lipidology, August 2012, Future Medicine

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  22. Cochrane Review: Statins for children with familial hypercholesterolemia

    Article • Evidence-Based Child Health A Cochrane Review Journal, July 2011, Wiley

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  23. Do statins reduce the incidence of stroke in familial hypercholesterolemia?

    Article • Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy, March 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  24. Long-Term Statin Therapy is Associated with Better Episodic Memory in Aged Familial Hypercholesterolemia Patients in Comparison with Population Controls

    Article • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease, August 2010, IOS Press

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  25. A novel point mutation (Pro84 ← Ser) of the low density lipoprotein receptor gene in a family with moderate hypercholesterolemia

    Article • Clinical Genetics, June 2008, Wiley

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  26. Hypolipidemic treatment of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: a lifelong challenge

    Article • Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy, May 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  27. Squalene and Noncholesterol Sterols in Serum and Lipoproteins of Children with and without Familial Hypercholesterolemia

    Article • Pediatric Research, April 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  28. Cholesterol metabolism in normal and heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemic newborns

    Article • Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, July 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  29. Familial hypercholesterolaemia in Finland: common, rare and mild mutations of the LDL receptor and their clinical consequences

    Article • Annals of Medicine, January 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  30. Stanol Ester Margarine Alone and With Simvastatin Lowers Serum Cholesterol in Families With Familial Hypercholesterolemia Caused by the FH–North Karelia Mutation

    Article • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, February 2000, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  31. Association of seropositivity for Chlamydia pneumoniae and coronary artery disease in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia

    Article • The Lancet, July 1999, Elsevier

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  32. A Molecular and Clinical Study of Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia in the Finnish North Karelia

    Article • Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal, January 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  33. Neonatal Diagnosis of Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Newborns Born to a Parent With a Molecularly Defined Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia

    Article • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, November 1997, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  34. Deletions of the low density lipoprotein receptor gene underlying familial hypercholesterolaemia: screening by polymerase chain reaction using pooled DNA and blood samples

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Probes, February 1997, Elsevier

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  35. Arg 506 Gin Factor V Mutation (Factor V Leiden) in Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolaemia

    Article • Thrombosis and Haemostasis, June 1996, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Alpo Vuorio

  36. Cryptosporidium in Asymptomatic Children

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, March 1991, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Alpo Vuorio