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- Baby Kanerva" - a condensed and revised edition of "Big Kanerva", easy to read
- Concise practical reference guide for those working in the field of occupational dermatology
- Basis for further qualifications in dermatology and occupational medicine
- Highly recommendable and useful as teaching material
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Table of contents (42 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Epidemiology, Treatment, and Prognosis
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Front Matter
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About this book
Due to changes in modern life, occupational dermatoses are increasing. This completely revised and comprehensive edition provides the concise information needed in dealing with patients in the field of occupational dermatology. It combines a highly practical approach to occupational dermatology with the skills and research experience of specialists in clinical and experimental dermatology. The spectrum of diseases covered in this book includes: allergic and irritant dermatitis; contact urticaria; photodermatoses; infectious diseases; skin tumors; systematic reactions due to percutaneous absorption; predisposed diseases and occupational skin problems. The information urgently needed for daily patient management is provided as quick reference through concise tables, algorithms, and figures on how to optimise the diagnostic procedures for high-quality care. This book will prove of great interest to all who are involved in treating patients with occupational skin diseases.
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From the reviews:
"This completely revised and comprehensive edition provides the concise information needed for dealing with patients in the field of occupational dermatology. … The information … is provided as quick reference through concise tables, algorithms, and figures on how to optimize the diagnostic procedures for high-quality care. This book will prove of great interest to all who are involved in treating patients with occupational skin diseases." (Journal of Investigational Allergology & Clinical Immunology, Vol. 15 (1), 2005)
Editors and Affiliations
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Section of Dermatology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
Lasse Kanerva
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Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany
Peter Elsner
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Department of Occupational Dermatology and the National Institute for Working Life, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Jan E. Wahlberg
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School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Howard I. Maibach
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Condensed Handbook of Occupational Dermatology
Editors: Lasse Kanerva, Peter Elsner, Jan E. Wahlberg, Howard I. Maibach
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18556-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-44348-3Published: 19 November 2003
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-18556-4Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 528
Number of Illustrations: 89 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Dermatology, General Practice / Family Medicine, Allergology, Nursing, Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine