The Environmental Threat to the SkinThis text offers an overview of research and comment on the detrimental effects of ultraviolet radiation, chemical agents and other substances in the environment and will be of wide interest to dermatologists, toxicologists, environmental scientists, pharmacologists, oncologists and microbiologists. |
Contents
The epidemiology of malignant melanoma | 15 |
Sun exposure and solar damage in a Welsh population | 23 |
The effects of ultravioletB irradiation on protooncogene expression in normal human | 33 |
the public health approach to skin cancer control in Australia | 39 |
Ultraviolet radiation and the immune system | 47 |
current problems | 51 |
Ultraviolet radiation and the photosensitivity disorders | 67 |
Mechanisms of photoaging | 82 |
Sodium lauryl sulphate penetration through human skin | 211 |
Contact dermatitis to paraphenylenediamine in hairdressers | 225 |
Some new and alternative approaches to skin irritation testing | 239 |
Cutaneous manifestations of tetrachlorodibenzopdioxin in children and adolescents | 247 |
a new barrier cream for the prevention of poison ivy dermatitis | 265 |
which treatment? | 283 |
two sides of a coin | 297 |
Effects of shortterm surfactant exposure on stratum corneum capacitance and skin surface water | 313 |
Differences between basal cell carcinoma arising in lightexposed and nonlightexposed | 97 |
a proposal for a computerized quantification | 117 |
Advances in sunscreen protection and evaluation | 131 |
a psychophysiological approach | 147 |
Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus probably caused by occupationally acquired chronic | 155 |
Cutaneous hazards associated with the use of cosmetics | 173 |
Immunotoxicity of heavy metal compounds | 195 |
Influence of short daily exposure to thermal water on the hydration state of the skin | 333 |
The effects of global warming on skin infections and infestations | 351 |
Mediterranean sea and swimming pool dermatoses | 363 |
The role of animals in the spread of fungal skin infections in humans | 377 |
The hosts immunological contribution to the ecological battle on the skin surface | 391 |
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