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• Published, in press, and submitted papers (16)
• Published abstracts (4)
• Reports (4)
• Awards (1)
• PhD Thesis (1)
• Presentations (19)

Published, in press, and submitted papers

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.
2. Glass D, Sim MR. Gulf War exposures: methodological considerations. Invited paper for a theme edition of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences. 2006; 361: 627-637.
3. Glass DC, Sim MR, Kelsall HL, Ikin JF, McKenzie DP, Forbes AB, Ittak P. What was different about exposures reported by Australian Gulf War veterans during the 1991 Gulf War compared with exposures reported for other deployments? Military Medicine. [In press].
4. 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.
5. Sim MR, Kelsall HL, Ikin JF, Glass DC, McKenzie DP, Ittak P, Forbes AB. Reproductive health in male Australian Veterans of the 1991 Gulf War. [Submitted 2005].
6. Kelsall HL, Macdonell R, Sim M, Forbes A, McKenzie D, Glass D, Ikin J, 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.
7. 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.
8. Kelsall HL, Sim MR, McKenzie DP, Forbes AB, Leder K, Glass DC, Ikin JF, McFarlane AC. Medically evaluated chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome in Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War. Australian Epidemiologist, 2005; 12(3):51.
9. Ikin JF, Sim MR, McKenzie DP. Combat severity, low rank, and Army service associated with psychological ill-health in Australia's Korean War veterans five decades after return from the war. Australian Epidemiologist, 2005; 12(3):48-49.
10. Ikin JF, Sim MR, Creamer MC, Forbes AB, McKenzie DP, Kelsall HL, Glass DC, McFarlane AC, Abramson MJ, Ittak P, Dwyer T, Blizzard L, Delaney KR, Horsley KWA, Harrex WK, Schwarz H. War-related psychological stressors and risk of psychological disorders in Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War. British Journal of Psychiatry, 2004; 185:116-126.
11. McKenzie DP, Ikin JF, McFarlane AC, Creamer M, Forbes AB, Kelsall HL, Glass DC, Ittak P, Sim MR. Psychological health of Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War : An assessment using the SF-12, GHQ-12 and PCL-S. Psychological Medicine, 2004; 34:1419-1430.
12. Kelsall HL, Sim MR, Forbes AB, McKenzie DP, Glass DC, Ikin JF, Ittak P, Abramson MJ. Respiratory health status of Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War and the effects of exposure to oil fire smoke and dust storms. Thorax, 2004; 59:897-903.
13. Kelsall HL, Sim MR, Forbes AB, Glass DC, McKenzie DP, Ikin JF, Abramson M, Blizzard L, Ittak P. Symptoms and medical conditions in Australian Gulf War veterans: relationship to immunisations and other Gulf War exposures. Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 2004; 61:1006-1013.
14. Forbes AB, McKenzie DP, Mackinnon AJ, Kelsall HL, McFarlane AC, Ikin JF, Glass DC, Sim MR. The health of Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War: factor analysis of self-reported symptoms. Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 2004; 61:1014-1020.

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Published abstracts

1. Glass DC, Sim MR, Kelsall HL, Ikin JF, McKenzie DP, Forbes AB, Ittak P. What was different about exposures during the 1991 Gulf War compared to other deployments? Australasian Epidemiologist 2003; 10(3):30.
2. Kelsall HL, Sim MR, Forbes AB, Glass DC, McKenzie D, Ikin J, Abramson MJ, Blizzard L, Ittak P. Symptoms and medical conditions in Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War: relationship to immunisations and other Gulf War exposures. Australasian Epidemiologist 2003; 10(3):28.
3. Glass D, McKenzie D, Forbes A, Kelsall H, Ikin J, Ittak P, Sim MR. What was different about exposures during the 1991 Gulf War compared to other deployments? Tijdschrift voor toegepaste Arbowetenschap 2004; 2(Suppl);78.
4. Kelsall H, Abramson M, Sim MR, Glass D, Ikin J, McKenzie D Ittak P, Forbes A. Respiratory health status of Australian Gulf War veterans and the effects of oil well fire smoke and dust storm exposure. Occupational & Environmental Medicine 2004; 61:e27.

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Reports

1. Sim MR, Ikin JF. Pilot study of surviving Korean War veterans. Report to the Commonwealth Department of Veterans’ Affairs, December 2002.
2. Sim M, Abramson M, Forbes A, Kelsall H, Ikin J, McKenzie D, Glass D, Ittak P, Leder K, McNeil J, Creamer M, Fritschi L. The Australian Gulf War Veterans’ Health Study 2003. Report to the Commonwealth Department of Veterans’ Affairs, February 2003.
3. Creamer M, Carboon I, Forbes A, McKenzie D, McFarlane A, Sim M. Separations from the Royal Australian Navy 1991-2001: Information from the Gulf War Veterans’ Health Study. Report to the Australian Department of Defence, August 2004.
4. Sim MR, Ikin J, McKenzie D. The Korean War Veterans' Health Study. Report to the Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs, August 2005.

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Awards

1. 2005 Victorian Public Health Awards for Excellence and Innovation. Public Health Research Category. Australian Gulf War Veterans' Health Study shortlisted as one of three for the award, to be announced November 8th 2005.

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PhD Thesis

1. Kelsall, HL. Respiratory and neurological health, symptoms, medical conditions and chronic fatigue syndrome in Australian Gulf War veterans. Submitted December 2004. Accepted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctorate of Philosophy August 2005.

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Presentations

1. Sim MR, Abramson M, Creamer M, Fairley C, Forbes A, Fritschi L, Glass D, Kelsall H, Ikin J, McKenzie D, McNeil J, Pincus M. Australian Gulf War Veterans’ Health Study. Poster presentation at the International Conference on Illnesses among Gulf War Veterans: A decade of scientific research. Washington DC, USA, January 2001.
2. Sim MR, Abramson M, Creamer M, Fairley C, Forbes A, Fritschi L, Glass D, Kelsall H, Ikin J, McKenzie D. Australian Gulf War Veterans’ Health Study. Oral presentation at the Australian Defence Health Symposium. Sydney NSW, July, 2002.
3. Sim MR, Ikin J, McKenzie D, Creamer M, Forbes A, Glass D, Kelsall H, Ittak P, Horsley K, Schwarz H, McFarlane A. Psychological Disorders in Australian Gulf War Veterans. Oral presentation at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Hobart, May 2003.
4. Creamer M, Sim MR, Ikin JF. The mental health consequences of the Gulf War on Australian veterans. Oral presentation at the annual conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Chicago, USA, October 2003.
5. Kelsall H, Sim M, Forbes A, Glass D, McKenzie D, Ikin J, Abramson M, Blizzard L, Ittak P. Symptoms and medical conditions in Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War: relationship to immunisations and other Gulf War exposures. Oral presentation at the Australasian Epidemiological Association (AEA) Annual Meeting, Perth, Western Australia, September 2003.
6. Glass D, McKenzie D, Forbes A, Kelsall H, Ikin J, Ittak P, Sim M. What was different about exposures during the 1991 Gulf War compared to other deployments? Poster presentation at the Australasian Epidemiological Association (AEA) Annual Meeting, Perth, Western Australia, September 2003.
7. Kelsall HL, Sim MR, Forbes AB, Glass DC, McKenzie DP, Ikin JF, Abramson MJ, Blizzard L, Ittak P. Symptoms, medical conditions, hospitalisations and functional impairment in Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War: relationship to immunisations and other Gulf War exposures. Oral presentation at the Australian Military Medicine Association 12th Annual Scientific Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, October 2003.
8. Survey of OHS legislation and occupational exposure limits in the Asia-Pacific region. Oral presentation at the 1st International Conference in Occupational & Environmental Health. Hanoi, Vietnam, November 2003.  Sim MR. The psychological impact of the 1991 Gulf War on Australian Defence Force veterans. Invited speaker at the 13th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Melbourne, Victoria, May 2003.
9. Creamer M, Sim M, Ikin J, Glass D, McKenzie D, Forbes A, Kelsall H. The mental health consequences of the Gulf War on Australian veterans. Oral presentation at the Asia Pacific Military Medicine Conference, Brisbane, Queensland May 2004.
10. Glass D, McKenzie D, Forbes A, Kelsall H, Ikin J, Ittak P, Sim M. What was different about exposures during the 1991 Gulf War compared to other deployments? Oral presentation at the Exposure 2004 conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands June 2004.
11. Sim MR. Post-deployment effects in Australian Gulf War veterans. Invited speaker at the Centre for Military and Veteran Health Deployment Health Think Tank, Brisbane, Australia, October 2004.
12. Kelsall H, Abramson M, Sim M, Glass D, Ikin J, McKenzie D Ittak P, Forbes A. Respiratory health status of Australian Gulf War veterans and the effects of oil well fire smoke and dust storm exposure. Oral presentation at the 17th International Symposium on Epidemiology in Occupational Health, Melbourne, Victoria, October 2004.
13. Sim MR. What was the real impact of the 1991 Gulf War on Australian veterans? Invited speaker at the Sir Edward Dunlop Foundation Veteran Health Symposium, Melbourne, Australia, November 2004.
14. McKenzie D, Ikin J, McFarlane E, Creamer M, Forbes A, Kelsall H, Clarke D, Glass D, Ittak P, Sim M. Psychological health of Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War: An assessment using the CIDI, SF-12, GHQ-12 and PCL-S. Oral presentation at the Annual conference of the Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research Conference, Perth, WA, December 2004.
15. Sim MR, Ikin J, McKenzie D. The long term health effects of Korean War Service. Invited address to the 2nd Annual Symposium of the Sir Edward Dunlop Medical Research Foundation, Melbourne, November 2005.
16. Kelsall HL, Sim MR, MCKenzie DP, Forbes AB, Leder K, Glass DC, Ikin JF, Macfarlane AC. Medically evaluated chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome in Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War. Oral presentation at the annual Australasian Epidemiological Association conference, Newcastle, NSW, October 2005.
17. Ikin JF, Sim MR, McKenzie DP. Combat severity, low rank and Army service associated with psychological ill-health in Australia’s Korean War veterans five decades after return from the war. Oral presentation at the annual Australasian Epidemiological Association conference, Newcastle, NSW, October 2005.
18. Ikin JF, Sim MR, McKenzie DP. War deployment factors associated with poor health five decades later – results from the Health Study 2005 on Australian veterans of the Korean War. Oral presentation at the Australian Military Medicine Association 14th Annual Scientific Conference, Launceston, Tasmania, October 2005.
19. Kelsall HL, Sim MR, MCKenzie DP, Forbes AB, Leder K, Glass DC, Ikin JF, Macfarlane AC. Medical evaluation of the physical and psychological health of Australian Gulf War veterans with chronic fatigue. Oral presentation at the Australian Military Medicine Association 14th Annual Scientific Conference, Launceston, Tasmania, October 2005.

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