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  1. Fritschi L, Sim MR, Musk AW, Beach J, Benke G, McNeil JJ. Respiratory symptoms in aluminium smelter workers. Am J Epidemiol 1997; 145: S61.
  2. Benke G, Abramson M, Sim M. Exposures in the alumina and primary aluminium industry: an historical review. Ann Occup Hyg. 1998; 42: 173-189.
  3. Hayes R, Beach JR, Rutherford DM, Sim MR. Stability of methacholine chloride solutions under different storage conditions over a nine month period. Technical report. European Respiratory Journal. 1998; 11: 946-948.
  4. Fritschi L, Beach J, Sim MR, Abramson MA, Benke G, Musk AW, de Klerk N, McNeil JJ. Respiratory symptoms and lung function in two prebake aluminium smelters. Am Journal of Ind Med 1999; 35: 491-498.
  5. Benke G, Sim M, Fritschi L, Aldred G. Beyond the job exposure matrix (JEM): The task exposure matrix (TEM). Annals Occ Hygiene 2000; 44 : 475-482.
  6. Musk A, de Klerk N, Beach J, Fritschi L, Sim M, Benke G, et al. Respiratory symptoms and lung function in alumina refinery employees. Occup Environ Med, 2000;57(4):279-283.
  7. Beach JR, de Klerk NH, Fritschi L, Sim MR, Musk AW, Benke G, Abramson M, McNeil J. Respiratory symptoms and lung function in bauxite miners. Int Arch Occ Env Health 2001; 74: 489-494.
  8. Benke G, Sim M, Fritschi L, Aldred G. A Task Exposure Database for use in the alumina and primary aluminium industry. Appl Occup and Env Hygiene 2001;16 : 149-153.
  9. Fritschi L, de Klerk N, Sim M, Benke G, Musk AW. Respiratory morbidity and exposure to bauxite, alumina and caustic mist in alumina refineries. J Occup Health 2001; 43: 231-237.
  10. Ikin JF, Fritschi L, Sim MR. Reproducibility of survey results from a study of occupation-related respiratory health in the aluminium industry. Appl Occ & Env Hyg. 2002;17 : 774-782.
  11. Fritschi L, Sim MR, Forbes A, Musk A, Benke G, de Klerk N, Abramson M. Respiratory symptoms and lung function changes with exposure to five substances in aluminium smelters. Int Arch Occ Env Health 2003; 76: 103-110.
  12. Hoving JL, Del Monaco A, MacFarlane E, Fritschi L, Benke G, McKenzie D, Sim M. Methodological issues in linking study participants to Australian cancer registries using different methods: lessons from a cohort study. Aust N Z J Public Health 2005; 29: 378-382.
  13. Benke G, Sim MR, McKenzie DP, Macfarlane E, Del Monaco A, Hoving JL, Fritschi L. Comparison of first, last, and longest-held jobs as surrogates for all jobs in estimating cumulative exposure in cross-sectional studies of work-related asthma. Ann Epidemiol. 2008 Jan;18(1):23-7.
  14. Fritschi L, Hoving JL, Sim MR, Del Monaco A, MacFarlane E, McKenzie D, Benke G, de Klerk N. All cause mortality and incidence of cancer in workers in bauxite mines and alumina refineries. Int J Cancer. 2008 Aug 15;123(4):882-7.
  15. Cui J, de Klerk N, Abramson M, Del Monaco A, Benke G, Dennekamp M, Musk AW, Sim M. Fractional Polynomials and Model Selection in Generalized Estimating Equations Analysis, With an Application to a Longitudinal Epidemiologic Study in Australia. Am J Epidemiol. 2009 Jan 1;169(1):113-21.
  16. Sim MR, Del Monaco A, Hoving JL, MacFarlane E, McKenzie D, Benke G, de Klerk N, Fritschi L. Mortality and cancer incidence in workers in two Australian prebake aluminium smelters. Occup Environ Med. 2009; 66(7): 464-470.
  17. Friesen M, Fritschi L, Benke G, Del Monaco A, Dennekamp M, Sim MR. Relationships between alumina and bauxite dust exposure and cancer, respiratory, and circulatory disease. Occup Environ Med. 2009; 66 (9): 615-618.
  18. Friesen M, Benke G, Del Monaco A, Dennekamp M, Fritschi L, de Klerk N, Hoving JL, MacFarlane E, Sim MR. Relationship between cardiopulmonary mortality and cancer risk and quantitative exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, fluorides, and dust in two prebake aluminium smelters. Cancer Causes & Control. 2009; 20(6): 905-916.