The challenge of public health in Australia and the region.
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The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 4/18 December 2006 185 11/12 646-650 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2006 www.mja.com.au Power of One the University of Adelaide (1953–1959). A grea clinical teacher with a passionate interest in medica was an inspiration to me. I graduated fr the University of Adelaide at the Early in my course, I had enlisted in the Royal A Force, but after being diagnosed with pulmonary tu 1945, I was unable to undertake military service.
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- The Medical journal of Australia
دوره 185 11-12 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2006