192 research outputs found
The Elimination of Brain Damage due to Iodine Deficiency
No full textThis item is a document written by Basil Hetzel on Iodine Deficiency and the International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD)
Celebration of Success in the Elimination of Iodine Deficiency Disorders in the Great Hall of the People Beijing 27 October 2000
No full textA speech given by Basil Hetzel in China.
Progress in the Elimination of Brain Damage due to Iodine Deficiency
No full textThis item is a draft document created by Basil Hetzel as a response to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) “Iodine Status World Wide” Report. The response was submitted to The Lancet for publication.
Professor Basil Hetzel in interview with Dr Max Blythe: Part 2
No full textProfessor Basil Hetzel of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians talks of his family background in Europe and S. Australia, medical training in Adelaide and induction into medical research through interests in endocrinology, particularly the relationship between the adrenal cortex and thyroid and stress which led to important overseas attachments. Then, from a clinical research base in Adelaide he developed field interests in the distribution of goitre and goitrous cretinism in New Guinea, an interest leading to controlled trials of iodised oil injections in the highlands of Papua. In this interview he discusses the field findings and supporting laboratory research that validated prevention by iodised oil.Interest then turns to an appointment with Australia's CSIRO providing opportunities to monitor the influence of iodine deficiency states on embryonic brain development, work demonstrating the importance of both maternal and foetal thyroid metabolism. In a final part of the interview Professor Hetzel discusses his resulting international commitments to reducing vitamin deficiency disease incidence, including WHO and UNICEF initiatives
Malnutrition, Infections and Poverty: The Iodine Disorders.
No full textThis item is a document written by Basil Hetzel for inclusion in the “Encyclopedia of Public Health” titled “Malnutrition, Infections and Poverty: The Iodine Disorders.”
The Challenge of Public Health in Australia and the Region
No full textThis item is a published document written by Basil Hetzel for the Medical Journal of Australia titled “The Challenge of Public Health in Australia and the Region” in vol. 185, no. 11/12, December 2006.
Iodine Deficiency
No full textThis item is an article written by Basil Hetzel for the South Australia Medical Review on the relationship between iodine deficiency and brain damage in Asia.
Lessons from the Global Elimination of Iodine Deficiency as a Cause of Brain Damage Paper
No full textThis document is a paper written by Basil S. Hetzel titled “Lessons from the Global Elimination of Iodine Deficiency as a Cause for Brain Damage” for the Nature and Society Forum’s “Food for healthy people and a healthy planet: 9-15 September 2001” internet conference.
Iodine deficiency: a global problem
No full textThis item is a document written by Basil Hetzel for the Australian Medical Journal on the importance of iodine in foetal brain development.
Opening Address of Academy Symposium ‘Living Longer, Living Better’
No full textThis item is Basil Hetzel’s opening speech at the Academy of Technological Science and Engineering Symposium in 2004 held at the Hilton Hotel, Adelaide.
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