Long before refrigeration, freezing and modern packaging technologies existed, people used salt to preserve meat, fish and other foods for longer periods.…
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Testing fluid-inclusion analytical methods with laboratory-grown halite in NaCl-KCl-MgCl2-CaCl2 brine systems.
The Brennan and Lowenstein 2002 reconstruction of Silurian seawater from 100 inclusions in Michigan and Canning Basin halites.
The 2005 Lowenstein study reconstructing Permian seawater major-ion chemistry from halite fluid inclusions.
A sourced profile of Tim K. Lowenstein’s research on halite fluid inclusions, ancient seawater chemistry and evaporite geochemistry.
Who Is Prof. Alta Schutte? Hypertension, Blood Pressure and Potassium-Enriched Salt Research
A profile of Alta Schutte’s South African and Australian work on hypertension, blood pressure and salt substitution.
Who Is Nancy R. Cook? TOHP, Long-Term Sodium Reduction and Cardiovascular Follow-Up Research
Nancy Cook’s role in the Trials of Hypertension Prevention follow-up and long-term sodium-reduction research.
Who Is Prof. Bruce Neal? Salt Substitution, Stroke and Cardiovascular Outcome Research
A profile of Bruce Neal’s cardiovascular research through salt substitution and the Salt Substitute and Stroke Study.
Who Is Andrew Mente? PURE, Sodium, Potassium and Global Nutritional Epidemiology
A profile of Andrew Mente’s PURE research on nutrients, dietary patterns, sodium and cardiovascular outcomes.
Who Is Prof. Salim Yusuf? PURE, Global Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Nutrition Research
A sourced profile of Salim Yusuf’s role in PHRI, major international trials and the PURE study.
Who Is Prof. Feng J. He? Salt, Potassium, Blood Pressure and Global Public Health Research
A sourced profile of Feng J. He’s research on dietary salt, potassium, blood pressure and population-level salt reduction.
Who Is Prof. Graham MacGregor? Salt, Hypertension and Action on Salt Research
Graham MacGregor’s work on salt, blood pressure, food reformulation and Action on Salt.
Feng He and Graham MacGregor’s Salt-Reduction Research: Blood Pressure, Reformulation and Population Policy
A review of He and MacGregor’s randomized-trial synthesis and population-level salt-reduction strategies.
Robert Finkelman’s Trace-Element Research: Arsenic, Selenium, Fluorine and Health Effects of Geological Materials
Finkelman’s research on occurrence, mobility and health significance of trace elements in geological materials.
Robert Finkelman’s Geological Fuel and Health Research: Arsenic, Fluorine, Selenium and Exposure Pathways
Finkelman and colleagues’ research on health effects of elements in geological materials through inhalation, water, food and domestic-use pathways.