Veteran health publications

Journal articles

  1. Wright BK, Kelsall HL, Clarke DM, McFarlane AC, Sim MR. Symptom attribution and treatment-seeking in Australian veterans. Journal of Health Psychology 2020;25(10-11):1498-1510 doi: 10.1177/1359105318760156.
  2. Wright BK, Kelsall HL, Sim MR, Clarke DM. Quality of Life in Gulf War veterans: the influence of recency and persistence of psychiatric morbidity. Applied Research in Quality of Life 2019; 14(1):23–38 doi: 10.1007/s11482-017-9579-7.
  3. Gwini SM, Forbes AB, Sim MR, Kelsall HL. Comparability of health service use by veterans with multisymptom illness and those with chronic diseases. International Journal for Quality in Health Care 2017; 29:90-97 doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzw140.
  4. Gwini, SM, Kelsall HL, Ikin JF, Sim MR, McFarlane AC, Forbes AB. New onset of chronic diseases and changes in lifestyle risk factors among Gulf War veterans: A longitudinal comparison of high and low symptom reporters. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2016; 58(8):770–777.
  5. Gwini SM, Forbes AB, Sim MR Kelsall HL. Multisymptom illness in Gulf War veterans: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2016; 58(7):659-667.
  6. Gwini SM, Kelsall HL, Sim MR, Ikin JF, McFarlane AC and Forbes AB. Stability of symptom patterns in Australian Gulf War veterans: 10-year longitudinal study. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2016; 73:195-198.
  7. Ikin JF, Kelsall HL, McKenzie DP, Gwini SM, Forbes AB, Glass DC, McFarlane AC, Clarke D, Wright B, Del Monaco A, Sim MR.  Cohort Profile: The Australian Gulf War Veterans’ Health Study cohort. International Journal of Epidemiology 2016; 46(1):31 doi: 10.1093/ije/dyw025.
  8. Ikin JF, McKenzie DP, Gwini S-M, Kelsall HL, Creamer M, McFarlane AC, Clarke DM, Wright B, Sim M. Major depression and depressive symptoms in Australian Gulf War veterans 20 years after the Gulf War. Journal of Affective Disorders 2016; 89:77-84.
  9. Forbes D, O'Donnell M, Brand RM, Korn S, Creamer M, McFarlane AC, Sim MR, Forbes AB, Hawthorne G. The long-term mental health impact of peacekeeping: prevalence and predictors of psychiatric disorder. British Journal of Psychiatry Open 2016; 2(1):32-37.
  10. Waller M, Treloar SA, Sim MR, McFarlane AC, McGuire AC, Bleier J, Dobson AJ. Traumatic events, other operational stressors and physical and mental health reported by Australian Defence Force personnel following peacekeeping and war-like deployments. BMC Psychiatry 2012; 12:88.
  11. Kelsall HL, Wijesinghe MS, Creamer MC, McKenzie DP, Forbes AB, Page MJ, Sim MR. Alcohol use and substance use disorders in Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq War veterans compared with nondeployed military personnel. Epidemiologic Reviews 2015; 37:38-54.
  12. McKenzie DP, Kelsall HL, Clarke DM, Forbes AB, Ikin JF, Sim MR. Developing a brief depression screen and identifying associations with comorbid physical and psychological illness in Australian Gulf War veterans. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 2015; 79(6):566-573.
  13. Gwini SM, Forbes AB, Kelsall HL, Ikin JF, Sim MR. Increased symptom reporting persists in 1991 Gulf War veterans 20 years post deployment. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2015; 58:1246-1254.
  14. Wright BK, McFarlane AC, Clarke DM, Sim MR, Kelsall HL. Symptom attribution and symptom reporting in Australian Gulf War veterans. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 2015; 79(6):674-679.
  15. Wright B, Forbes A, Kelsall H, Clarke D, Blackman J, Sim M. ‘Post-deployment appraisal’ and the relationship with stress and psychological health in Australian veterans. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2015; 50:1885–1892  doi: 10.1007/s00127-015-1054-x.
  16. Blore JD, Sim MR, Forbes AB, Creamer MC, Kelsall HL. Depression in Gulf War veterans. A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine 2015; 45(8):1565-1580 doi: 10.1017/S0033291714001913.
  17. Kelsall HL, McKenzie DP, Forbes AB, Roberts MH, Urquhart D, Sim MR. Pain-related musculoskeletal disorders, psychological comorbidity, and the relationship with physical and mental well-being in Gulf War veterans. PAIN 2014; 155:685-692.
  18. Wright BK, Kelsall HL, Sim MR, Clarke DM, Creamer MC. Support mechanisms and vulnerabilities in relation to PTSD in veterans of the Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan: A systematic review. Journal of Traumatic Stress 2013; 26:310-318.
  19. Abouzeid M, Kelsall HL, Forbes AB, Sim MR, Creamer MC. Posttraumatic stress disorder and hypertension in Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 2012; 72:33-38.
  20. McKenzie DP, Creamer M, Kelsall HL, Forbes AB, Ikin JF, Sim MR, McFarlane AC. Temporal relationships between Gulf War deployment and subsequent psychological disorders in Royal Australian Navy Gulf War veterans. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2010; 45:843-852.
  21. Ikin JF, Creamer MC, Sim MR, McKenzie DP Comorbidity of PTSD and depression in Korean War veterans: prevalence, predictors, and impairment. Journal of Affective Disorders 2010; 125(1-3):279-86.
  22. Ikin JF, Sim MR, McKenzie DP, Horsley KW, Wilson EJ, Harrex WK, Moore MR, Jelfs PL, Henderson S. Life satisfaction and quality in Korean War veterans five decades after the war. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2009;. 63(5):359-65.
  23. Kelsall HL, McKenzie DP, Sim MR, Leder K, Forbes AB, Dwyer T. Physical, psychological and functional comorbidities of multisymptom illness in Australian male veterans of the 1991 Gulf War. American Journal of Epidemiology 2009; 170(8):1048-1056.
  24. Carboon I, Creamer M, Forbes AB, McKenzie DP, McFarlane AC, & Kelsall HL. The relationship between deployment and turnover in Australian Navy personnel. Military Psychology 2009; 21:233-240.
  25. Kelsall H, McKenzie DP, Sim M, Leder K, Ross J, Forbes A, Ikin J. Comparison of self-reported and recorded vaccinations and health effects in Australian Gulf War veterans. Vaccine 2008; 26:4290-4297.
  26. Ikin JF, 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. British Journal of Psychiatry 2007; 190:475-83.
  27. Kelsall HL, Sim MR, Ikin JF, Forbes AB, McKenzie DP, Glass DC, Ittak P. Reproductive health of male Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War. BMC Public Health 2007; 7:79.
  28. 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.
  29. Glass DC, 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.
  30. 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 2006; 171:632-8.
  31. Sim M, Kelsall H. Gulf War illness: a view from Australia. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2006; 361:619-626.
  32. Kelsall HL, Sim MR, Ikin JF, Forbes AB, McKenzie DP, Glass DC, Ittak P. Reproductive health of male Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War. BMC Public Health 2007; 7:79.
  33. McKenzie DP, McFarlane AC, Creamer MC, Ikin JF, Forbes AB, Kelsall HL, Clarke D, 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.
  34. Kelsall HL, Sim MR, McKenzie DP, Forbes AB, Leder K, Glass DC, Ikin JF, McFarlane AC. Medically evaluated psychological and physical health of Australian Gulf War veterans with chronic fatigue. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 2006; 60:575-584.
  35. 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.
  36. Kelsall H, 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.
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. Kelsall HL, Sim MR, Forbes AB, Glass DC, McKenzie DP, Ikin JF, Abramson MJ, Blizzard L, Ittak P. Symptoms and medical conditions in Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War: relation to immunisations and other Gulf War exposures. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2004; 61:1006-1013.
  40. 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.
  41. 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.
  42. 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 and Environmental Medicine 2004; 61:1014-1020.

Research reports

  1. Peter Bragge P, Dolker D, Tsering D, Waddell A, Delafosse V, Kelsall H, Walker-Bone K. Bragge P, Dolker D, Tsering D, Waddell A, Delafosse V, Kelsall H, Walker-Bone K. A rapid review of the association between chronic pain and suicidal ideation and behaviour in military and veteran populations. Monash Sustainable Development Evidence Review Service, BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash University. Melbourne, June 2022.
  2. Kelsall H, Sim M, Van Hooff M, Lawrence-Wood E, Benassi H, Sadler N, Hodson S, Hansen C, Avery J, Searle A, Ighani H, Iannos M, Abraham M, Baur J, Saccone E, McFarlane A. 2018. Physical Health Status Report, Mental Health and Wellbeing Transition Study. Canberra: Department of Defence and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Available from: https://www.dva.gov.au/about-us/overview/research/transition-and-wellbeing-research-programme
  3. Lawrence-Wood E, McFarlane A, Lawrence A, Sadler N, Hodson S, Benassi H, Bryant R, Korgaonkar M, Rosenfeld J, Sim M, Kelsall H, Abraham M, Baur J, Howell S, Hansen C, Iannos M, Searle A, Van Hooff M. 2019. Impact of Combat Report, Impact of Combat Study. Canberra: Department of Defence and Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Available from: https://www.dva.gov.au/about-us/overview/research/transition-and-wellbeing-research-programme
  4. Kelsall HL, Ryan J, Glass DC, Priestly BG, McLachlan R, Bell RJ, Pattuwage L, Newman DG, Wallace EM, Webster WS, Sim MR. Literature review on the role of epigenetic mechanisms on the association between jet fuel and/or solvent exposure and human male reproductive outcomes. A Rapid Evidence Assessment. Report prepared for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Monash University; 2019. Technical Report. Available from: https://www.dva.gov.au/documents-and-publications/evidence-compass
  5. Kelsall HL, Glass DC, Priestly BG, McLachlan R, Bell RJ, Pattuwage L, Newman DG, Wallace EM, Webster WS, Sim MR. Literature review of effects of solvent exposure on human male reproductive outcomes. A Rapid Evidence Assessment. Report prepared for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Monash University; 2019. Summary Report, Technical Report and Evidence Profile. Available from: https://www.dva.gov.au/documents-and-publications/evidence-compass
  6. Kelsall HL, Glass DC, Priestly BG, McLachlan R, Bell RJ, Pattuwage L, Newman DG, Wallace EM, Webster WS, Sim MR. Literature review of effects of fuel exposure on human male reproductive outcomes. A Rapid Evidence Assessment. Report prepared for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Monash University; 2018. Summary Report, Technical Report and Evidence Profile Available from: https://www.dva.gov.au/documents-and-publications/evidence-compass
  7. Kelsall HL, Glass DG, Priestly BG, Bell RJ, Newman DG, Wallace EM, Webster WS, Sim MR. Literature review of effects of fuel and solvent exposure on human female reproductive outcomes. A Rapid Evidence Assessment. Report prepared for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Monash University; 2017. Summary Report, Technical Report, Evidence Profile. Australian Government Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Evidence Compass. Available at: https://www.dva.gov.au/documents-and-publications/literature-review-effects-fuel-and-solvent-exposure-human-female
  8. Sim M, Clarke D, Forbes A, Glass D, Gwini S, Ikin J, Kelsall H, McKenzie D, Wright B, McFarlane A, Creamer M, Horsley K. Australian Gulf War Veterans’ Follow Up Health Study. Technical Report 2015 and Summary Report 2015.  Department of Veterans’ Affairs ARP 0907. https://www.dva.gov.au/documents-and-publications/australian-gulf-war-veterans-follow-health-study
  9. Sim M, Kelsall H, Wright B, Karzic D Magruder K. United States and Australia Joint Research Effort. Project 1 Comparative literature review. Technical Report 2015 and Summary Report 2015.  Department of Veterans’ Affairs ARP 1144. Available at: https://www.dva.gov.au/documents-and-publications/united-states-and-australia-comparative-literature-review
  10. Kelsall H, Sim M, Forbes A, Creamer M. Systematic reviews of psychological disorders, multisymptom illness and chronic fatigue syndrome in veterans deployed to the Gulf War, Afghanistan or Iraq War. Technical Report 2015.  Technical Report 2015 and Summary Report 2015. Department of Veterans’ Affairs ARP 1122. Available at: https://www.dva.gov.au/documents-and-publications/systematic-reviews-psychological-disorders-multisymptom-illness-and
  11. McKenzie D, Kelsall H, Clarke D, Forbes A, Ikin J, Sim M. Identification of key depressive symptoms and their comorbidity with physical and psychological illness in Australian Gulf War Veterans. Technical Report 2014 and Summary Report 2014.  Department of Veterans’ Affairs ARP1127.
  12. Sim MR, McKenzie D, Glass D, Kelsall H. Review of the scientific literature relevant to research into health effects of veterans of the Middle East Area of Operations. Final report submitted to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs in February 2007.
  13. Kelsall H, McKenzie D, Leder K, Ikin J, Forbes A, Sim M. Vaccinations and deployment – An investigation comparing reported and recorded vaccination data. Follow-up study to the Australian Gulf War Veterans’ Health Study. Final report submitted to Department of Veterans’ Affairs in April 2007.
  14. McKenzie D, Kelsall H, Ikin J, Forbes A, Sim M, Creamer M, McFarlane A. Temporal relationships between war deployment and subsequent psychological disorders. Follow-up study to the Australian Gulf War Veterans’ Health Study. Final report submitted to Department of Veterans’ Affairs in April 2007.
  15. Sim MR, Ikin J, McKenzie D. The Korean War Veterans' Health Study. Report to the Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs, August 2005. Available: https://www.dva.gov.au/sites/default/files/kwhs2005.pdf
  16. 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.
  17. Sim MR, 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 Volumes 1, 2 & 3. Report to the Commonwealth Department of Veterans’ Affairs, February 2003. A final report detailing the results of the study was published, and the Government Response to the Australian Gulf War Veteran’s Health Study 2003 and the Report on Progress in Implementing the Study’s Recommendations, and is available at: https://www.dva.gov.au/documents-and-publications/australian-gulf-war-veterans-health-study
  18. Sim MR, Ikin JF. Pilot study of surviving Korean War veterans. Report to the Commonwealth Department of Veterans’ Affairs, December 2002.

Research 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.
  2. 2014 AMMA (Australasian Military Medicine Association) Patron’s Prize for the best paper written by a Member of the Association published in a peer review journal during the year; Kelsall et al. Pain-related musculoskeletal disorders, psychological comorbidity, and the relationship with physical and mental well-being in Gulf War veterans. PAIN 2014; 155:685-92.
  3. 2014 School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Research Excellence Award for Mid Career Researcher best published paper.
  4. 2015 AMMA Patron’s Prize for the best paper written by a Member of the Association published in a peer review journal during the year; Kelsall HL et al. Alcohol use and substance use disorders in Gulf War veterans compared to non-deployed military personnel. Epidemiologic Reviews 2015; 37(1):38-54.

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.

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.

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.