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Publications 2001

Deparetment of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine

  • Abdulwadud OA, Abramson MA, Forbes AB, Walters EH. The relationships between patients' related variables in asthma: Implications for asthma management. Respirology 2001; 6:105-112.
  • Abramson M, Bailey M, Couper F, Driver J, Drummer O, Forbes A, McNeil J. "Are asthma medications and management related to deaths from asthma?" Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001;163:12-18.
  • Abramson MJ, Sim MR, Fritschi L, Vincent T, Benke G, Rolland JM. Respiratory disorders and allergies in tea packers. Occupational Medicine 2001; 51(4):259-265.
  • 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 Occup Environ Health 2001; 74:489-494.
  • Benke G, Sim M, Fritschi L, Aldred G, Forbes A and Kauppinen T. Comparison of occupational exposure using three different methods: Hygiene Panel, Job Exposure Matrix (JEM) and Self Reports." Appl Occup & Env Hygiene 2001;16(1):84-91.
  • Benke G, Sim M, Fritschi L and Aldred G. A task exposure database for use in the alumina and primary aluminium industry. Appl Occupational & Environmental Hygiene 2001;16(2):149-153.
  • Benke G, Sim M, Abramson M. Long-term trends in occupational exposure. Annals of Occ Hyg 2001; 45(1):499.
  • Black J. Sustainable health information systems - a perspective from Mozambique. The Practice of Health Information Systems in Commonwealth Countries - Commonwealth Secretariat, 54-63.
  • Brand C, Snaddon J, Bailye M, Cicuttini F. Vitamine E is ineffective for symptomatic relief of knee osteoarthritis: a six month double blind, randomised, placebo controlled study. Am Rheum Dis 2001; 60:946-949.
  • Branley P, McNeil J, Evans S, Stephenson D and Briganti E. Modelling future renal dialysis requirements under various scenarios of organ availability in Australia. Nephrology 2001;5(4): 243-250.
  • Briganti EM, Dowling J, Finlay M, Hill PA, Jones CL, Kincaid-Smith PS, Sinclair R, McNeil JJ, Atkins RC. The incidence of biopsy-proven glomerulonephritis in Australia. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2001;16:1364-1367.
  • Buchbinder R, Hall S, Grant G, Mylvaganam A, Patrick MR. Readability and content of supplementary written drug information for patients used by Australian rheumatologists. MJA 2001;74(11):575-578.
  • Buchbinder R, Jolley D, Wyatt M. Population based intervention to change back pain beliefs and disability: three part evaluation. BMJ 2001;322:1516-1520.
  • Buchbinder R, Forbes A, Hall S, Dennett X, Giles G. Incidence of malignant disease in biopsy-proven inflammatory myopathy. Annals Int Medicine, 2001;134(12):1087-1095.
  • Buchbinder R, Jolley D, Wyatt M. Breaking the back of back pain. Med J Aust 2001;175:456-457.
  • Burris S, Lazzarini Z, Loff B. Are human rights good for your health? The Lancet 2001; 358:1901.
  • Carter RA, O"Donnell K, Sachthep S, Cicuttini F, Boyd A, Wicks IP. Characterization of a human synovial cell antigen: VACM-1 and inflammatory arthritis. Immunology and Cell Biology 2001 (In press).
  • Cicuttini FM, Wluka AE, Stuckey SL. Tibial and femoral cartilage changes in knee osteoarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2001; 60:977-980.
  • Davis S, Briganti E, Chen R, Dalais F, Bailey M and Burger H. The effects of Chinese herbs on postmenopausal vasomotor symptoms of Australian women. Med J Aust 2001;174: 68-71.
  • Demos L, Kazda H, Cicuttini F, Sinclair M, Fairley CK. Water fluoridation, osteoporosis, fractures - recent developments. Aust Dental Journal 2001;46:(2):80-87.
  • Dewey H, Macdonnell R, Donnan G, McNeil J, Freeman E, Thrift A, Sharples C. Inter-rater reliability of stroke sub-type classification by neurologists and nurses within a community-based stroke incidence study. J Clin Neuroscience, 2001; 8(1):14-17.
  • Dewey HM, Thrift AG, Mihalopoulos C, Carter R, Macdonell RAL, McNeil J, Donnan GA. Cost of stroke in Australia from a societal perspective. Results from the North East Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study (NEMESIS). Stroke 2001;32:2409-2416.
  • Dimock J. Robman L, McCarty CA, Taylor HR. Cost effectiveness of digital cataract assessment. Aust NZ J of Ophthalmology, 2001:
  • Durham H, Loff B. Japan's "comfort women". The Lancet, 2001;357, 9252;302.
  • Forge BH, Briganti EM. Lipid lowering and coronary heart disease risk: how appropriate are the national guidelines? MJA 2001; 175:471-475.
  • 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.
  • Garrett SKM, McNeil JJ, Silagy C, Sinclair M, Thomas AP, Robman LD, McCarty CA, Tikellis G, Taylor HR. Methodology of the VECAT Study: Vitamin E intervention in cataract and age-related maculopathy. Ophthalmic Epidemiology 2001.
  • Garrett SKM, Thomas AP, Cicuttini FC, Silagy C, Taylor HR, McNeil JJ.
  • Gibson PG, Coughlan J, Wilson AJ, Hensley MJ, Abramson M J, Bauman A, Walters EH. Limited (information only) patient education programs for adults with asthma. The Cochrane Library, 2001; 1:1-18.
  • Glass DC, Gray CN. Estimating mean exposures from censored data: Exposure to benzene in the Australian petroleum industry. Ann Occup Hyg 2001;45(4):275-282.
  • Glisson M, Forbes A, Morris K, Stuckey S, Cicuttini F. New scans from old: digital reformatting knee MRI. Radiography 2001; 7: (In press)
  • Goldenhar LM, La Montagne AD, Katz T, Heaney C, Landsbergis P. The intervention research process in occupational safety and health: An overview from the NORA Intervention Effectiveness Team. J Occup & Env Medicine 2001;43(7):616-622.
  • Hellard ME, Sinclair MI, Forbes AB, Fairley CK. Methods used to maintain a high level of participant involvement in a clinical trial. J Epidemiol Community Health, 2001;55:348-351.
  • Hellard ME, Sinclair MI, Forbes AB, Fairley CK. A randomized, blinded, controlled trial investigating the gastrointestinal health effects of drinking water quality. Env Health Perspectives, 2001;109:773-778.
  • Holst DP, Kaye D, Richardson M, Krum H, Prior D, Aggarwal A, Wolfe R, Bergin P. Improved outcomes from a comprehensive management system for heart failure. Euro J Heart Failure 2001; 3(5):619-625.
  • Ibrahim J. Phenomenon of quality and health-care: Snowball or an avalance? J Qual Clin Practice, 2001;21:40-42.
  • Ioannides-Demos LL, Addicott R, Santamaria NM, Clayton L, McKenzie M, Fairley CK. Differences in length of stay for Hospital in the Home patients: comparing simple clinical coding with medical record review. Int Med J 2001;1:142-145.
  • Killalea SM, Krum H. Systematic review of the efficacy and safety of perhexiline in the treatment for ischemic heart disease. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs 2001;3:193-204.
  • Katz SD, Krum H. Acetylcholine-mediated vasodilation in the forearm circulation of patients with heart failure: Indirect evidence for the role of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor. Am J Cardiol, 2001;87:1089-1092.
  • Kelsall H, Sim M. Skin irritation in users of brominated pools. Int J Environmental Health Research, 2001;11:29-40.
  • Krum H. New and emerging pharmacological strategies in the management of chronic heart failure. Current Opinion in Pharmacology 2001,11:126-133.
  • Krum H, Denver R, Tzanidis A, Martin P. Diagnostic and therapeutic potential of the endothelin system in patients with chronic heart failure. Heart Failure Reviews: 2001:6;341-352.
  • Krum H. Differentiation in the Angiotensin II Receptor 1 Blocker class. Current Hypertension Reports 2001; 3(1): 517-523.
  • Krum H, Gilbert R. Management of the heart failure patient with diabetes. Coronary Artery Disease and Diabetes Mellitus 2001; 23(2): 129-135.
  • Krum H, Tonkin A, Jelinek M, Harris M, McNeil J, Hunt D, Kaye D, et al. National Heart Foundation of Australia and Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Chronic Heart Failure Clinical Practice Guidelines Writing Panel. Guidelines for management of patients with chronic heart failure in Australia. MJA 2001;74:459-466.
  • Krum H, Tonkin A, Currie R, Djundjek R, Johnston C. Chronic heart failure in Australian general practice: The Cardiac Awareness Survey and Evaluation (CASE) Study. MJA, 2001;174;439-444.
  • Krum H, Lim S. Pharmacoeconomics of beta-blockers: effective and cost-effective therapy in chornic heart failure. European J Heart Failure 2001; 3:399-402.
  • LaMontagne A. Evaluating OSHA's ethylene oxide standard: Exposure determinants in Massachusetts hospitals. Am J Public Health, 2001;91(3):412-417.
  • LaMontagne A, Van Dyke M, Martyny J and Ruttenber A. Cleanup worker exposures to hazardous chemicals at a former nuclear weapons plant: Piloting of an exposure surveillance system. Applied Occupational & Environmental Hygiene 2001;16(2): 284-290.
  • Liang T, Shiel L, Teede H, Kotsopoulos D, McNeil J, Cameron J, et al. Effects of blood pressure, smoking and their interaction on carotid artery structure and function. Hypertension 2001;37: 6-11.
  • Liew D, Krum H. Management of chronic heart failure in the elderly patient. Clinical Geriatrics 2001; 9:2434.
  • Lim S, Vos T, Peeters A, Liew D, McNeil J. Cost-effectiveness of prescribing statins according to Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme criteria. MJA, 2001; 175:459-464.
  • Loff B, Hofman K, Muthuswamy V. The global forum for bioethics in research: Report of a meeting. Issues in medical ethics; 2001:IX(2):63-64.
  • Loff B, Majoor JW. Healthcare rationing, patient rights and the law. MJA. 2001;174:472-473.
  • Loff B, Burris S. Compulsory detention: limits of law. The Lancet 2001;368:146.
  • Loff B. Australia ponders law after passive smoking trial. The Lancet 2001; 358:738.
  • Loff B, Durham H. Japan's "comfort women". The Lancet 2001; 357:302-303.
  • McConnell S, Horrocks M, Sinclair M, Fairley CK. Changes in the incidence of gastroenteritis and the implementation of public water treatment. Int J Env Health Research 2001; 11(4):299-303.
  • McNeil J, Peeters A, Liew D, Lim S and Vos T. A model for predicting the future incidence of coronary heart disease risk within percentiles of coronary heart disease risk. J Cardiovascular Risk 2001;8(1): 31-37.
  • Marks GB, Abramson MJ. House dust mite avoidance: facts and fiction. Asthma 2001; 13:10-13.
  • Martin J, Krum H. Eplerenone. Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs 2001;2(4);521-524.
  • Martin J, Krum H. The Heart Failure Journal Club: a review of publications on heart failure in American Heart Journal. European J of Heart Failure 2001;3:125-137.
  • Matheson M, Raven J, Woods RK, Thien F, Walters EH, Abramson M. Wheeze not current asthma effects quality of life in young adults with asthma. Thorax 2001 (in press).
  • Meyer A, Bernard S, Smith K, McNeil J. Asystolic cardiac arrest in Melbourne, Australia. Emergency Medicine, 2001;13:186-189.
  • Nelson M, Reid C, Krum H and McNeil J. A systematic review of subject baseline characteristics and study criteria as predictors of maintenance of Normotension after withdrawal of antihypertensive drugs. American Journal of Hypertension 2001;14(2): 98-105.
  • Nelson MR, McNeil JJ, Peeters A, Reid CM, Krum H. PBS/RPBS cost implications of trends and guideline recommendations in the pharmacological management of hypertension in Australia, 1994-1998. MJA, 2001;174(11):565-568.
  • Padiglione AA, Grabsch E, Wolfe R, Gibson K, Grayson L. The prevalence of fecal colonization with VRE among residents of long-term-care facilities in Melbourne, Australia.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2001;22:576-578.
  • Packer M, Coats, A, Fowler M, Katus H, Krum H, Mohacsi P et al. Effect of carvedilol on survival in severe chronic heart failure. New Engl J Med, 2001;344:1651-8.
  • Robman LD, Tikellis G, Garrett SKM, Harper CA, McNeil JJ, Taylor HR, McCarthy CA. Baseline opthalmic findings in the VECAT study. Aust & NZ J of Ophthalmology 2001.
  • Ruttenber A, McCrea J, Wade T, Schonbeck M, LaMontagne A, Van Dyke M, et al. Integrating workplace exposure databases for occupational medicine services and epidemiologic studies at a former nuclear weapons facility. Appl Occupational & Environmental Hygiene 2001;16(2): 192-200.
  • San Laureano JA, Briganti EM, Colville DJ. Number needed to treat: a useful new method of assessing the magnitude of treatment effect and its application to the management of diabetic retinopathy. Aust & NZ J Opthalmology.
  • Smith KL, Peeters A, McNeil JJ. Results from the first 12 months of a fire first-responder program in Australia. Resuscitation, 2001;49:143-150.
  • Smith K, Rich D, Pinol J, Hankin J, McNeil J. Acceptance of a medical first-responder role by fire fighters. Resuscitation 2001; 51:33-38.
  • Stephenson H. Electronic prescribing in hospitals: the road ahead. Australian Prescriber 2001;24:2-3.
  • Stuart RL, Bennett NJ, Forbes AB, Grayson ML, on behalf of the Melbourne Mantoux Study Group. Assessing the risk of tuberculosis infection among healthcare workers: the Melbourne Mantoux study. MJA 2001; 174(11):569-573.
  • Striujs PA, Smidt N, Arola H, van Dijk CN, Buchbinder R, Assendelft WJ. Orthotic devices for tennis elbow (Cochrane Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2001;2:CD001821.
  • Striujs PA, Smidt N, Arola H, van Dijk CN, Buchbinder R, Assendelft WJ. Orthotic devices for tennis elbow: a systemaic review. Br J Gen Pract 2001; 51:924-9.
  • Teede HJ, Dalais FS, Kotsopoulos D, Liang YL, Davis S, McGrath BP. Dietary soy has both beneficial and potentially adverse cardiovascular effects: A placebo-controlled study in men and postmenopausal women. J Clin Endoc and Metabolism 2001;86:3053-3060.
  • Thrift AG, Dewey HM, Macdonnel RAL, McNeil JJ, Donnan GA. Incidence of the major stroke subtypes: Initial findings from the North East Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study (NEMESIS). Stroke 2001:32:1732-1738.
  • Tikellis G, Robman LD, Harper CA, Garrett SKM, McNeil JJ, Taylor HR, McCarty CA. The VECAT Study: Methodology and statistical power for measurement of age-related macular features. Ophthalmic Epidemiology.
  • Tzanidis A, Lim S, Hannan RD, See F, Ugoni AM, Krum H. Combined angiotensin and endothelin receptor blockade attenuates adverse cardiac remodeling post-myocardial infarction in the rat: Possible role of transforming growth factor beta-1. J Mol Cell Cardiol, 2001;33:969-981.
  • Van Dyke M, LaMontagne A, Martyny J and Ruttenber A. Development of an exposure database and surveillance system for use by practicing OSH professionals. Applied Occupational & Environmental Hygiene 2001;16(2): 135-143.
  • Wilcox G, Archer PD, Bailey M, Dziukas L, Fee Lim C, Schneider H. Measurement of cardiac troponin 1 levels in the emergency department: predictive value for cardiac and all-cause mortality. MJA. 2001;174:170-173.
  • Wluka AE, Davis SR, Bailey M, Stuckey SL, Cicuttini FM. Users of oestrogen replacement therapy have more knee cartilage than non-users. Ann Rheum Dis 2001 Apr; 60(4):332-336.
  • Woods RK, Walters EH, Wharton C, Watson N, Abramson M. The rising prevalence of asthma in young Melbourne adults is associated with improvement in treatment. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2001;87:117-123.
  • Woods R, Abramson M, Bailey M, Walters EH. International prevalences of reported food allergies and intolerances. European Resp J 2001; 55:298-304.
  • Woods RK. Food, food chemicals and asthma: how prevalent are they? Aust J Nutr Diet 2001;58:198-199.
  • Woods RK, Thien FC. Polyunsaturated fats and childhood asthma. Thorax 2001 (in press).