Environment and Skin

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Krutmann, Jean (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Merk, Hans F. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Dermatology.; Occupational medicine.; Environmental health.; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine.; Environmental Health.

This book is a rich source of information on skin disorders due to toxicants in the environment. State of the art knowledge is summarized concerning the molecular basis of skin damage caused by well-appreciated environmental noxae. The book also provides a uniquely comprehensive overview of the detr...

Table of Contents:

• General Aspects of Dermatotoxicology: Skin as a metabolizing organ
• Skin toxicology in the 21st century: Modern Risk Assessment Strategies
• Risk assessment for contact allergens. Environmental threats to skin: UV and skin: photoaging
• UV and skin: photocarcinogenesis
• Actinic skin damage beyond UV
• Tobacco smoke and skin
• Ozone and skin: Italy
• PM and skin
• Contact allergy
• Contact urticaria / Anaphylaxis
• Arsen and skin
• PAHs and skin
• Global climate change and skin diseases
• Global climate change, pollen and allergy.