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
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- 1. Hetzel BS. Chance and commitment. Memoirs of a medical scientist. Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 2005.
- 2. Hetzel BS, Hine DC, Stenhouse N. Adrenal cortical function in hypertension. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1952; 12: 296-309.
- 3. Hetzel BS, Schottstaedt WW, Grace WJ, Wolff HG. Changes in urinary 17-hydroxycorticosteroid excretion during stressful life experiences in man. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1955; 15: 1057-1068.
- 4. Hetzel BS. Cannon revisited; emotions and bodily changes: their relevance to disease. Med J Aust 1960; 47: 193-198.
- 5. Hetzel BS. The aetiology and pathogenesis of hyperthyroidism. Postgrad Med J 1968; 44: 363-376.
- 6. Krupinski J, Stoller A, editors. The health of a metropolis. Melbourne: Heinemann Education, 1971.
- 7. Hetzel BS. Life and health in Australia. The Boyer Lectures. Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1971.
- 8. Hetzel BS. Health and Australian society. Melbourne: Penguin, 1974.
- 9. Hetzel BS, McMichael AJ. The LS factor: lifestyle and health. Melbourne: Penguin, 1987.
- 10. McCullagh SF. The Huon Peninsula endemic: I. The effectiveness of an intramuscular depot of iodized oil in the control of endemic goitre. Med J Aust 1963; 21: 769-777.
- 11. Buttfield IH, Hetzel BS. Endemic goitre in eastern New Guinea with special reference to the use of iodized oil in prophylaxis and treatment. Bull World Health Organ 1967; 36: 243-262.
- 12. Hetzel BS. The story of iodine deficiency. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1989.
- 13. Pharoah POD, Buttfield IH, Hetzel BS. Neurological damage to the fetus resulting from severe iodine deficiency during pregnancy. Lancet 1971; 1: 308-310.
- 14. New light on endemic cretinism [editorial]. Lancet 1972; 2: 365-366.
- 15. Hetzel BS. Animal nutrition to human nutrition. Nature 1976; 261: 640-643.
- 16. Hetzel BS. Iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) and their eradication. Lancet 1983; 2: 1126-1129.
- 17. ICCIDD/WHO/UNICEF. Progress towards elimination of iodine deficiency disorders. Report to the World Health Assembly. Geneva: WHO, 1999. (WHO/NHD/99.4.)
- 18. Inaugural Meeting of International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders. Lancet 1986; 1: 1164.
- 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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