Chemical Skin Injury Mechanisms, Prevention, Decontamination, Treatment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Maibach, Howard I. (Editor), Hall, Alan H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Dermatology.; Emergency medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Emergency Medicine.

This book provides an up-to-date, compact but comprehensive review of chemical skin injuries, differentiating them from thermal skin burns. After an introductory chapter on the history of chemical skin injuries and the scope of the problem, the anatomy, histology, physiology, and immunology of norma...

Table of Contents:

• Skin in the Past and in the Modern Times
• Normal Skin Aspects
• Molecular Dimension of Skin Chemical Aggression
• Damaged Skin
• Practical Aspects of Skin Chemical Exposure and Management.