The challenge of public health in Australia and the region

Hetzel, Basil S

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00741.x

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Looking back over my life, I am struck by how important chance has been. Chance creates opportunities — and my life has been abundant with opportunities. I have had the rare experience of changing careers several times. I have been associated with the birth of several new organisations and seen them become successful.1

International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, Adelaide, SA.

Correspondence: iccidd@a011.aone.net.au

Competing interests:

None identified.

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8. Hetzel BS. Health and Australian society. Melbourne: Penguin, 1974.
9. Hetzel BS, McMichael AJ. The LS factor: lifestyle and health. Melbourne: Penguin, 1987.
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12. Hetzel BS. The story of iodine deficiency. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1989.
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19. Hetzel BS. Eliminating iodine deficiency disorders — the role of the International Council in the global partnership. Bull World Health Organ 2002; 80: 410-417.
20. Hetzel BS, Delange F, Dunn J, et al, editors. Towards the global elimination of brain damage due to iodine deficiency. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2004.

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