Overview
- Covers a wide range of skin disorders due to toxicants in the environment
- Summarizes state of the art knowledge on the molecular basis of skin damage due to diverse noxae
- Provides detailed information on contact allergy and contact urticaria
- Describes the detrimental dermatological effects of exposure to air pollution and global climate change
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Concepts and Methods
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Environmental Threats to the Skin
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Jean Krutmann is Professor of Dermatology and Environmental Medicine and Director of the Institut für Umweltmedizinische Forschung (Institute for Environmental Medical Research) at the Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf. His field of research is dermatotoxicology and immunodermatology, with special emphasis on environmentally induced skin diseases. He is author or co-author of more than 200 papers and the recipient of various awards.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Environment and Skin
Editors: Jean Krutmann, Hans F. Merk
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43102-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-43100-0Published: 08 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82739-1Published: 30 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-43102-4Published: 20 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 130
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
Topics: Dermatology, Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine, Environmental Health