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2008 Publications

Journal Articles

  1. 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 forall jobs in estimating cumulative exposure in cross-sectional studies of work-related asthma. Ann Epidemiol 2008; 18(1): 23-27. (Impact factor 2.210)
  2. MACFARLANE E, Chapman A, BENKE G, Meaklim J, SIM MR, McNeil J. Training and other predictors of personal protective equipment use in Australian grain farmers using pesticides. Occup Environ Med 2008; 65: 141-146. (Impact factor 1.934)

2007 Publications

Journal Articles

  1. Bell RJ, Davison SL, Papalia M, MCKENZIE DP, Davis SR. Endogenous androgen levels and cardiovascular risk profile in women across the adult life span. Menopause 2007; 14:630-638. (Impact factor 3.170)
  2. BENKE G. The ageing workforce: implications for occupational hygienists. J Occup Health Safety – Aust NZ 2007: 23(3); 233-239. (No impact factor available)
  3. CUI J. QIC program and model selection in GEE analyses. Stata Journal 2007; 7:209-220. (Impact factor not available)
  4. CUI J. Stata tip 42: The overlay problem: offset for clarity. Stata Journal 2007; 7(1):141-142. (Impact factor not available)
  5. CUI J, Qian G. Selection of working correlation structure and best model in GEE analyses of longitudinal data. Communications in Statistics, Simulation and Computation 2007; 36:987-996. (Impact factor 0.174)
  6. Day L, Langley J, Stathakis V, Wolfe R, SIM M, Voaklander D, Ozanne-Smith J. Challenges of recruiting farm injury study participants through hospital emergency departments. Inj Prev 2007; 13: 88-92. (Impact factor 1.536)
  7. Davis-Tuck M, Teichtahl AJ, Wlulka AE, Wang Y, Urquhart DM, CUI J, Cicuttini FM. Femoral sulcus angle and increased patella facet cartilage volume in an osteoarthritic population. Oteoarthritis and Cartilage 2007 doi:10.1016/j.joca.207.08.002. (Impact Factor 4.017)
  8. Fritschi L, GLASS D, Tabrizi J, Leavy JE, Ambrosini GL. Occupational risk factors for prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia: A case-control study in Western Australia. Occup Environ Med 2007; 64: 60-65. doi:10.1136/oem.2006.027706. (Impact factor 1.934)
  9. Harford A, Edwards J, PRIESTLY B, Wright P. Current OHS best practices for the Australian nanotechnology industry: a position paper by the NanoSafe Network. J Occup Health Safety – Aust NZ 2007; 23(4): 315-331. (Impact factor not available)
  10. Hinwood AL, Rodriguez MC, Runnion T, Farrar D, Murray F, Horton A, GLASS D, Sheppard V, Edwards J, Denison L, Whitworth T, Eiser C, Bulsara M, Gillet R, Powell J, Weeks I, Galbally I. Risk Factors for increased BTEX exposure in four Australian Cities. Chemosphere 2007; 66: 533-541. (Impact factor 2.297)
  11. IKIN J, SIM MR, MCKENZIE DP, Horsley KW, Wilson EJ, Moore MR, Jelfs P, Harrex WK, Henderson S. Anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression in Korean War veterans 50 years after the war. Brit J Psychiat 2007; 190: 475-483. (Impact factor 5.436)
  12. Inyang I, BENKE G, McKenzie R, Abramson M. Comparison of measuring instruments for radiofrequency radiation from mobile telephones in epidemiological studies: Implications for exposure assessment. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 2007; (epub ahead of print). (Impact factor not available)
  13. KARIPIDIS KK, BENKE G, SIM M, Fritschi L, Yost M, Armstrong B, Hughes AM, Grulich A, Vajdic CM, Kaldor JM, Kricker A. Occupational exposure to power frequency magnetic fields and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Occup Environ Med. 2007; 64: 25-29. (Impact factor 1.934)
  14. KARIPIDIS KK, BENKE G, SIM M, Kauppinen T, Giles G. Occupational exposure to ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and risk of glioma. Occup Med. 2007; 57(7): 518-24. (Impact factor 1.934)
  15. KARIPIDIS KK, BENKE G, SIM M, Kauppinen T, Kricker A, Hughes AM, Grulich AE, Vajdic CM, Kaldor J, Armstrong B, Fritschi L. Occupational exposure to ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2007; 80(8): 663-70. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqm078. (Impact factor 1.520)
  16. KARIPIDIS KK, BENKE G, SIM M, Yost M, Giles G. Occupational exposure to low frequency magnetic fields and the risk of low grade and high grade glioma. Cancer Causes Control 2007; 18(3): 305-13. (Impact factor 2.920)
  17. KELSALL H, SIM MR, IKIN JF, Forbes AB, MCKENZIE DP, GLASS DC, ITTAK P. Reproductive health of male Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War. BMC Pub Health. 2007; 7:79. (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/7/79) (Impact factor 1.658)
  18. KHANJANI N, HOVING J, SIM MR, Forbes A. Systematic review and meta-analysis of cyclodiene insecticides exposure and breast cancer. J Environ Sci Health C Environ Carcinog Ecotoxicol Rev 2007; 25: 23-52. (Impact factor 2.154)
  19. KHANJANI N, SIM MR. Maternal contamination with PCBs and reproductive outcomes in an Australian population. J Expo Sci Env Epi. 2007; 17:191-195. (Impact factor 1.684)
  20. Kogevinas M, Zock JP, Jarvis D, Kromhout H, Lillenberg L, Plana E, Radon K, Toren K, Alliksoo A, BENKE G, Blanc PD, Dahlman-Hoglund A, D’Errico A, Hery M, Kennedy S, Kunzli N, Leynaert B, Mirabelli MC, Muniozguren N, Norback D, Olivieri M, Payo F, Villani S, van Sprundel M, Urrutia I, Wieslander G, Sunyer J, Anto JM. Exposure to substances in the workplace and new-onset asthma: an international prospective population-based study (ECRHS-II). The Lancet. 2007; 370(9584): 336-241. (Impact factor 25.800)
  21. MACFARLANE E, BENKE G, GODDARD D, SIM M. Urban pest control operators in Australia. Occup Environ Med. 2007; 64: 422-427. (Impact factor 1.934)
  22. Milton AH, Smith W, Dear K Ng J, SIM MR, Ranmuthugala G, Lokuge K, Rahman A, Rahman H, Shraim A, Huang D. A randomised intervention trial to assess two arsenic mitigation options in Bangladesh. J Environ Sci Health Part A 2007; 42 (12): 1897-1908. (Impact factor not available)
  23. Mirabelli MZ, Zock JP, Plana E, BENKE G, Kromhout H, Norback D, Olivieri M, Radon K, Villani S, Kogevinas M. Employment status and use of respiratory protection amongst metalworkers, solderers and welders. Occup Environ Med. 2007; 64(8): 548-552. (Impact factor 1.934)
  24. Mirabelli MZ, Zock JP, Plana E, Anto JM, BENKE G, Blanc PD, Dahlman-Hoglund A, Jarvis DL, Kromhout H, Lillenberg L, Norback D, Olivieri M, Radon K, Sunyer J, Toren K, van Sprundel M, Villani S, Kogevinas M. Occupational risk factors for asthma among nurses and related healthcare healthcare professionals in an international study. Occup Environ Med 2007; 64(7); 474-479. (Impact factor 1.934)
  25. Myles PS, CUI J. Invited Editorial: Using the Bland-Altman method to measure agreement with repeated measures. Br J Anaesthesia 2007; 99(3): 3090-311. (Impact factor: 2.679)
  26. PRIESTLY B, Di Marco P, SIM MR, Moore MR, Langley A. Toxicology in Australia: A Key Component of Environmental Health. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A 2007; 70: 1578-1583. (Impact factor 1.811)
  27. Priestly B, Harwood A, SIM MR. Nanotechnology: A promising new technology - but how safe? Med J Aust 2007; 186(4): 187-188. (Impact factor not available)
  28. RADI S, Ostry A, LaMontagne AD. Job stress and other working conditions: relationships with smoking behaviors in a representative sample of working Australians. Am J Ind Med 2007; 50:584-596. (Impact factor 1.433)
  29. SIM M. The need for an occupational disease surveillance system in Australia. J Occup Health Safety – Aust NZ 2007; 23(6): 557-562. (No impact factor available)
  30. STUCKEY R, LaMontagne A, SIM MR. Working in light vehicles – A review and conceptual model for occupational health and safety. Accident Analysis and Prevention 2007; 39: 1006-1014. (No impact factor available)
  31. Vajdic CM, Fritschi L, Grulich AE, Kaldor JM, BENKE G, Kricker A, Hughes AM, Turner JJ, Milliken S, Goumas C, Armstrong BK. Atopy, exposure to pesticides and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Int J Cancer 2007; 120(10); 2274-2274. (Impact factor 4.693)

2006 Publications

Book Chapters

  1. Edwards J, BENKE G. Occupational health, basic toxicology amd epidemiology (Chap 2). In Tillman C, ed., Principles of Occupational Hygiene: An Introduction. Allen & Unwin, NSW, 2006: pp35-58.
  2. Milton AH, Smith W, Dear K, Caldwell B, SIM MR, Ng J. Arsenic mitigation: Drinking water options in Bangladesh (Chap 19). In Naidu R, Smith E, Owens G (Eds), Managing Arsenic in the Environment: from Soil to Human Health, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 2006: 355-62.

Journal Articles

  1. Creamer M, Carboon I, Forbes A, MCKENZIE DP, McFarlane AC, KELSALL HL, SIM MR. Psychiatric disorder and separation from military service: A 10 year retrospective study. American Journal of Psychiatry 2006; 163: 733-734. (Impact factor 8.286)
  2. Fritschi L, GLASS D, Tabrizi J, Leavy JE, Ambrosini GL. Occupational risk factors for prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia: A case-control study in Western Australia. Occup Environ Med 2006, /2006/027706 published online doi:10.1136/oem.2006.027706
  3. GLASS D, Gray C, Jolley D, Gibbons C, SIM M. The Health Watch Case-Control Study of Leukemia and Benzene: The story so far. Ann New York Acad Sci 2006; 1076: 80-89. (Impact factor 1.971)
  4. GLASS DC, SIM MR, KELSALL HL, IKIN JF, MCKENZIE D, FORBES A, ITTAK P. What was different about exposures reported by male Australian Gulf War Veterans for the 1991 Persian Gulf War, compared with exposures Reported for other deployments? Military Medicine 2006; 171(7): 632-638. (Impact factor 0.371)
  5. GLASS D, SIM MR. The Challenges of exposure assessment in health studies of Gulf War veterans. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences. 2006; 361: 627-637. (Impact factor 4.997)
  6. Haas SJ, DENNEKAMP M, Wolfe R, Vos T. Beware the meta-analysis - clozapine and suicidal ideation. Schizophrenia Research 2006; 86 (1-3): 331-332. (Impact factor 4.231)
  7. Haber NE, Hill KD, Cassano, AMT, Paton LM, MacInnis RJ, CUI J, Hopper JL, Wark JD. Genetic and Environmental Influences on Variation in Balance Performance among Female Twin Pairs Aged 21-82 Years. Am J Epi. 2006 DOI 10.1093/aje/kwj188 (Impact factor 5.068)
  8. KARIPIDIS KK, BENKE G, SIM M, Fritschi L, Yost M, Armstrong B, Hughes AM, Grulich A, Vajdic CM, Kaldor JM, Kricker A. Occupational exposure to power frequency magnetic fields and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Occup Environ Med. 2006 Mar 21; [Epub ahead of print]. (Impact factor 1.916)
  9. KELSALL HL, SIM M, MCKENZIE D, Forbes A, Leder K, GLASS D, IKIN J, McFarlane A. Medically evaluated psychological and physical health of Australian Gulf War veterans with chronic fatigue. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 2006; 60: 575-584. (Impact factor 2.052)
  10. KHANJANI N, English DR, SIM MR. An ecological study of breast cancer and organochlorine pesticides in Victoria, Australia. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 2006; 50(3): 452-61. (Impact factor 1.408)
  11. KHANJANI N, SIM MR. Reproductive outcomes of maternal contamination with Cyclodiene insecticides, Hexachlorobenzene and beta-Benzene Hexachloride. Sci Total Environ. 2006 Apr 25; [Epub ahead of print] (Impact factor not available)
  12. KHANJANI N, SIM MR. Maternal contamination with ichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and reproductive outcomes in an Australian population. Environ Res. 2005 Dec 14; 2006 Jul; 101(3): 373-9. (Impact factor 1.793)
  13. Kissane DW, McKenzie M, Bloch S, Moskowitz C, MCKENZIE DP, O'Neill I. Family focused grief therapy: a randomized, controlled trial in palliative care and bereavement. American Journal of Psychiatry 2006; 163: 1208-1218. (Impact factor 8.286)
  14. LaMontagne AD, RADI S, ELDER D, Abramson M, SIM MR. Primary prevention interventions for latex-related sensitisation and occupational asthma: a systematic review. Occup Environ Med 2006; 63: 359-364. doi: 10.1136/oem.2005.025221.]. (Impact factor 1.916)
  15. MCKENZIE DP, McFarlane AC, Creamer M, IKIN JF, Forbes AB, KELSALL HL, Clarke DM, GLASS DC, ITTAK P, SIM MR. Hazardous or harmful alcohol use in Royal Australian Navy veterans of the 1991 Gulf War: Identification of high risk subgroups. Addictive Behaviors 2006; 31: 1683-1694. DOI:10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.12.027 (Impact factor 1.58)
  16. Nixon R, Roberts H, Frowen K, SIM MR. Knowledge of skin hazards and the use of gloves by Australian hairdressing students and practising hairdressers. Contact Dermatitis 2006; 54: 112-116. (Impact factor 1.716)
  17. Ostry AS, RADI S, Louie AM, LaMontagne AD. Psychosocial and other working conditions in relation to body mass index in a representative sample of Australian workers. BMC Public Health 2006; 6: 53-60. (Impact factor not available).
  18. SIM MR. The longer term health impact of war service. Med Lav 2006; 97: 165-166. (Impact factor not available)
  19. SIM MR, KELSALL H. Gulf War illness: a view from Australia. Invited paper for a theme edition of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences 2006; 361: 619-626. (Impact factor 4.997)
  20. Vajdic CM, Grulich AE, Kaldor JM, Fritschi L, BENKE G, Hughes AM, Kricker A, Turner JJ, Milliken S, Armstrong BK. Specific infections, infection related behavior, and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in adults. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2006 Jun;15(6):1102-8. (Impact factor 4.460)
  21. Wolfe R, MCKENZIE DP, Black J, Simpson P, Gabbe BJ, Cameron PA. Models developed by three techniques did not achieve acceptable pfrediction of binary trauma outcomes. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2006, 59, 26-35. (Impact factor 2.54)
  22. WYATT M, Underwood MR, Scheel IB, Cassidy D, Nagel P. Back pain and Health Policy Research, The What, Why, How, Who and When. Spine 2204, 29: 468-475. (Impact factor 2.187)

2005 Publications

Book Chapters

  1. MCKENZIE DP. Retrospective studies. In Everitt B, Howell D (Eds). Encyclopedia of Statistics in Behavioral Science, Wiley: Chichester, UK, 2005.

Journal Articles

  1. Barton CA, MCKENZIE DP, Walters EH, Abramson MJ, The Victorian Asthma Mortality Study Group. Interactions between psychosocial problems and management of asthma: who is at risk of dying? Journal of Asthma 2005; 42:249-256.
  2. CUI J. Buckley-James method for analysing censored data, with an application to a cardiovascular disease and HIV/AIDS study. Stata Journal 2005; 5 (4): 517-526.
  3. Day L, Langley J, Voaklander D, SIM MR, Wolfe R, Dosman J, Hagel L, Ozanne-Smith J. Minimising bias in a case-control study of farm injury. J Agric Health Safety 2005; 11: 175-184.
  4. Fritschi L, BENKE G, Hughes AM, Kricker A, Turner J, Vajdic CM, Grulich A, Milliken S, Kaldor J, Armstrong BK. Occupational Exposure to Pesticides and Risk of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. American Journal of Epidemiology 2005. 162 (9): 849-857.
  5. Fritschi L, BENKE G, Hughes AM, Kricker A, Vajdic CM, Grulich A, Turner J, Milliken S, Kaldor J, Armstrong BK. Cancer Causes and Control 2005. 16: 599-607.
  6. GLASS DC, Gray CN, Jolley DJ, Gibbons C, SIM MR. Health Watch Exposure Estimates: Do they underestimate benzene exposure? Chemico-Biological Interactions 2005;155-154:23-32.
  7. Grulich AE, Vajdic CM, Kaldor JM, Hughes AM, Kricker A, Fritschi L, Turner JJ, Milliken S, BENKE G, Armstrong BK. Birth Order, Atopy and Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2005. 97 (8): 587-594.
  8. HOVING JL, DEL MONACO A, MACFARLANE E, Fritschi L, BENKE G, MCKENZIE DP, SIM MR. Methodological issues in linking study participants to Australian cancer registries using different methods: lessons from a cohort study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2005; 29: 378-382.
  9. HOVING JL, Pool JJM, van Mameren H, Deville WJLM, Assendelft WJJ, de Vet HCW, de Winter AF, Koes BW, Bouter LM. Reproducibility of cervical range of motion in patients with neck pain. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 200,: 6: 59-85.
  10. IKIN JF, MCKENZIE DP, Creamer MC, McFarlane AC, KELSALL HL, GLASS DC, Forbes AB, Horsley KWA, Harrex WK, SIM MR. War zone stress without direct combat: The Australian naval experience of the Gulf War. Journal of Traumatic Stress 2005; 18: 193-204.
  11. Kay TM, Gross A, Goldsmith C, Santaguida PL, HOVING JL, Bronfort G, Cervical Overview Group. Exercises for mechanical neck disorders. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 3. Art No.: CD004250.pub3. DOI: 10.1002114651858.CD004250.pub3.
  12. KELSALL H, Macdonnell R, SIM MR, Forbes A, MCKENZIE DP, GLASS D, IKIN JF, ITTAK P. Neurological status of Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War and the effect of medical and chemical exposures. International Journal of Epidemiology 2005; 34: 810-819.
  13. Matheson M, BENKE G, SIM MR, Raven J, Kromhout H, Johns D, Walters H, Abramson M. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and biological dust exposure. Thorax 2005; 60: 645-651.
  14. STUCKEY R, LaMontagne AD, Occupational Light-vehicle Use and OHS Legislative Frameworks: an Australian Example. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 2005; 11: p.167-179.