Healthwise publications

  1. Fritschi L, Sim MR, Musk AW, Beach J, Benke G, McNeil JJ. Respiratory symptoms in aluminium smelter workers. American Journal of Epidemiology 1997; 145: S61.
  2. Benke G, Abramson M, Sim M. Exposures in the alumina and primary aluminium industry: an historical review. Annals of Occupational Hygiene 1998; 42: 173-189. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0003-4878(98)00020-9
  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. https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.98.11040946
  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. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 1999; 35: 491-498. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199905)35:5%3C491::aid-ajim6%3E3.0.co;2-h
  5. Benke G, Sim M, Fritschi L, Aldred G. Beyond the job exposure matrix (JEM): The task exposure matrix (TEM). Annals of Occupational Hygiene 2000; 44 : 475-482. https://doi.org/10.1093/annhyg/44.6.475
  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. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2000;57(4):279-283. https://doi.org/10.1136/oem.57.4.279
  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. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health 2001; 74: 489-494. https://doi.org/10.1007/s004200100245
  8. Benke G, Sim M, Fritschi L, Aldred G. A Task Exposure Database for use in the alumina and primary aluminium industry. Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 2001;16 : 149-153. https://doi.org/10.1080/104732201460244
  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. Journal of Occupational Health 2001; 43: 231-237. https://doi.org/10.1539/joh.43.231
  10. Ikin JF, Fritschi L, Sim MR. Reproducibility of survey results from a study of occupation-related respiratory health in the aluminium industry. Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. 2002;17 : 774-782. https://doi.org/10.1080/10473220290096023
  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. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health 2003; 76: 103-110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-002-0398-1
  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. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2005; 29: 378-382. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-842x.2005.tb00210.x
  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. Annals of Epidemiology 2008 Jan;18(1):23-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.06.007
  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. International Journal of Cancer 2008 Aug 15;123(4):882-7.https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.23554
  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. American Journal of Epidemiology 2009 Jan 1;169(1):113-21. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwn292
  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. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2009; 66(7): 464-470. https://doi.org/10.1136/oem.2008.040964
  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. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2009; 66 (9): 615-618. https://doi.org/10.1136/oem.2008.043992
  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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-009-9329-8
  19. Abramson MJ, Benke G, Cui J, de Klerk N, Del Monaco A, Dennekamp M, Fritschi L, Musk AW, Sim MR. Is Potroom Asthma Due More To Sulphur Dioxide Than Fluoride? - an inception cohort study in the Australian aluminium industry.Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2010;67:679-685. https://doi.org/10.1136/oem.2009.046458
  20. Dennekamp M, de Klerk N, Reid A, Abramson M, Cui J, Del Monaco A, Fritschi L, Benke G, Sim MR, Musk AW. Longitudinal Analysis of Respiratory Outcomes Among Bauxite Exposed Workers in Western Australia. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2015; 58:897–904. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22492
  21. Abramson MJ, Gwini SM, de Klerk NH, Del Monaco A, Dennekamp M, Fritschi L, Dimitriadis C, Mohebbi M, Musk A, Sim MR. Predictive value of non-specific bronchial challenge testing for respiratory symptoms and lung function in aluminium smelter workers. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2020;77:535-539. https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2019-106344
  22. Del Monaco A, Gwini SM, Kelly S, de Klerk N, Benke G, Dennekamp M, Fritschi L, Dimitriadis C, Musk A, Abramson MJ, Sim MR. Respiratory Outcomes among Refinery Workers Exposed to Inspirable Alumina Dust: A Longitudinal Study in Western Australia. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2020; 63: 1116‐ 1123. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.23182