Irritant Dermatitis Softcover Reprint of Hardcover 1st Ed. 2006 edition

Description for Sales People: This book provides a comprehensive reference text on irritant contact dermatitis, covering all aspects of the condition, including: clinical features, epidemiology, prevention and therapy, prognosis, mechanisms, pathology and regulatory issues. The book covers the recent advent of non-invasive skin bioengineering technology, and presents novel in vitro and in vivo research techniques and findings. Because irritant dermatitis affects multiple specialties, the audience for this book is wide ranging, including clinical and investigative dermatologists, allergists, toxicologists, pharmaceutical scientists, occupational and environmental physicians, public health physicians, cosmetologists and skin bioengineers. Marc Notes: Irritant dermatitis is a common condition, accounting for a significant proportion of occupational skin disease. This text provides information on irritant contact dermatitis, covering all aspects of the condition - clinical features, epidemiology, prevention and therapy, prognosis, mechanisms, pathology and regulatory issues. Table of Contents: A Classification and clinical features: Ten Genotypes of Irritant Dermatitis .- Irritant versus Allergic Dermatitis.- B Special clinical forms: Barrier Function and Perturbation: Relevance for Interdigital Dermatitis.- Friction Melanosis.- Diaper Dermatitis.- Chemical Skin Burns.- Contact Urticaria.- Airborne Irritant Dermatitis.- Irritant Dermatitis of the Scalp.- Irritant Dermatitis of the Nails.- C Epidemiology: Epidemiology of Irritant Dermatitis.- Epidemiology of Irritant Dermatitis in the Tropics.- D Occupational irritant dermatitis: Occupational Issues of Irritant Dermatitis.- Hairdressing.- Metalworkers.- Health Care Workers.- The Electronics Industry.- Painters Lacquerers & Varnishers.- E. Risk factors for irritant dermatitis: Age .- Gender.- Ethnicity.- Atopy.- F Insights from bioengineering; Prediction Bioengineering.- Quantitative Sonography for the Evaluation of Irritant Reactions.- Functional Skin Testing: the SMART procedures.- Bioengineering Correlates of the Sensitive Skin Syndrome: The Sensory Irritation Component .- Squamometry.- G The Irritants: special issues: Corrosive Materials .- Detergents.- Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS).- Organic Solvents.- Oils Cutting Fluids Lubricants.- Food.- Dithranol.- Copper.- Fatty Acid Binding Proteins .- H Mechanisms of irritant dermatitis: Histopathology of Irritant Contact Dermatitis.- Percutaneous Absorption and Irritant Dermatitis.- Cytokines.- Oxidative Stress.- Langerhans Cells and Irritant Dermatitis.- Hydration Injury.- I Prevention of Irritant dermatitis: Primary Prevention of Irritant Contact Dermatitis.- Protective Gloves.- Anti-Irritants.- Barrier Creams.- Moisturizers and Irritant Contact Dermatitis (1).- Moisturizers and Irritant Contact Dermatitis (2).- Effects of CO2 on Barrier Recovery.- J Management and therapy: The Treatment of Irritant Dermatitis.- Topical Corticosteroids in the Treatment of Irritant Dermatitis.- Barrier Creams and Emollients.- K Product testing: In Vivo Models of Skin Irritation.- In Vitro Methods to Predict Skin Irritation .- M Appendices: I. Questionnaire Methods for Contact Dermatitis Patients.- II. Patient Information Sheets.- Hand Protection for Hand Dermatitis .- Overnight Plastic Occlusion for Hand Dermatitis.- Hand Dermatitis Treatment.- III. Selected Sources of Information for Irritant Contact Dermatitis. Review Quotes: From the reviews of the first edition: "The authors of Irritant Dermatitis have written an exhaustive review of the subject. Early chapters cover common presentations of irritant dermatitis, and later chapters describe occupation-related dermatoses... This textbook is essential for the occupational medicine physician and the dermatologist... It will also serve as a resource for scientists and regulators in industry, who are constantly striving to understand skin irritation." NEJM "This book comprises an exhaustive reference text on irritant contact dermatitis, covering all aspects of the condition: clinical features, epidemiology, prevention and therapy, prognosis, mechanisms, pathology and regulatory issues. The book also presents novel in vitro and in vivo research techniques and findings. As irritant dermatitis affects multiple specialties, the audience for this book is wide, including clinical and investigative dermatologists, allergists, toxicologists, pharmaceutical scientists, occupational and environmental physicians, public health physicians, cosmetologists and skin bioengineers." (Journal of Investigational Allergology, Vol. 16 (5), 2006) "Irritant contact dermatitis once viewed as the poor relation of allergic contact dermatitis has now become a field of its own. the book is of great value for all clinicians and researchers interested in the field of irritant contact dermatitis. It is astonishing how many different aspects of irritant contact dermatitis, including diaper dermatitis, friction melanosis, chemical skin burns, contact urticaria syndrome, airborne irritant contact dermatitis and irritant contact dermatitis of the nails, are included in the book." (Ehrhardt Proksch, Archives of Dermatological Research, March 2006) Review Quotes: From the reviews of the first edition: "The authors of Irritant Dermatitis have written an exhaustive review of the subject. Early chapters cover common presentations of irritant dermatitis, and later chapters describe occupation-related dermatoses... This textbook is essential for the occupational medicine physician and the dermatologist... It will also serve as a resource for scientists and regulators in industry, who are constantly striving to understand skin irritation." NEJM "This book comprises an exhaustive reference text on irritant contact dermatitis, covering all aspects of the condition: clinical features, epidemiology, prevention and therapy, prognosis, mechanisms, pathology and regulatory issues. The book also presents novel in vitro and in vivo research techniques and findings. As irritant dermatitis affects multiple specialties, the audience for this book is wide, including clinical and investigative dermatologists, allergists, toxicologists, pharmaceutical scientists, occupational and environmental physicians, public health physicians, cosmetologists and skin bioengineers." (Journal of Investigational Allergology, Vol. 16 (5), 2006) "Irritant contact dermatitis once viewed as the poor relation of allergic contact dermatitis has now become a field of its own. the book is of great value for all clinicians and researchers interested in the field of irritant contact dermatitis. It is astonishing how many different aspects of irritant contact dermatitis, including diaper dermatitis, friction melanosis, chemical skin burns, contact urticaria syndrome, airborne irritant contact dermatitis and irritant contact dermatitis of the nails, are included in the book." (Ehrhardt Proksch, Archives of Dermatological Research, March 2006)"Review Quotes: From the reviews of the first edition: "The authors of Irritant Dermatitis have written an exhaustive review of the subject. Early chapters cover common presentations of irritant dermatitis, and later chapters describe occupation-related dermatoses... This textbook is essential for the occupational medicine physician and the dermatologist... It will also serve as a resource for scientists and regulators in industry, who are constantly striving to understand skin irritation." NEJM"This book comprises an exhaustive reference text on irritant contact dermatitis, covering all aspects of the condition: clinical features, epidemiology, prevention and therapy, prognosis, mechanisms, pathology and regulatory issues. The book also presents novel in vitro and in vivo research techniques and findings. As irritant dermatitis affects multiple specialties, the audience for this book is wide, including clinical and investigative dermatologists, allergists, toxicologists, pharmaceutical scientists, occupational and environmental physicians, public health physicians, cosmetologists and skin bioengineers." (Journal of Investigational Allergology, Vol. 16 (5), 2006)"Irritant contact dermatitis once viewed as the poor relation of allergic contact dermatitis has now become a field of its own. the book is of great value for all clinicians and researchers interested in the field of irritant contact dermatitis. It is astonishing how many different aspects of irritant contact dermatitis, including diaper dermatitis, friction melanosis, chemical skin burns, contact urticaria syndrome, airborne irritant contact dermatitis and irritant contact dermatitis of the nails, are included in the book." (Ehrhardt Proksch, Archives of Dermatological Research, March 2006)"