Occupational And Environmental Skin Disorders

This book provides cutting-edge information on the epidemiology, etiology and pathophysiology of several prevalent occupational and environmental skin diseases (OSD/ESD), with a particular focus on skin health safety issues, risk factors, preventive measures and recent advances in the management of these diseases. It also highlights recent discoveries and developments concerning novel therapeutic agents for inflammatory OSD, especially findings that are supported by clinical data and have the potential to transform conventional prophylactic and therapeutic approaches. For example, despite their increasing prevalence, the management of allergic skin diseases is sometimes challenging, mainly due to limited treatment choices. In several countries, steroids are the only treatment used. However, in cases of contraindications, adverse effects or unsatisfactory steroidal therapies, alternative treatments are indispensable. As such, an understanding of promising anti-allergic agents enhances allergy research and could eventually lead to novel alternative therapeutic and adjuvant remedies, which are of the utmost importance. This book offers a valuable resource for researchers, graduate students and practitioners in the field of public health in general, especially those working in environmental and occupational medicine, as well as physicians.

Presenting the latest edition of this authoritative and detailed text that provides everything a reader needs to know about diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of occupational skin disease in a user-friendly format. Features the latest findings and offers expert advice on making an accurate diagnosis. Over 40 world-renowned clinician-contributors suggest practical management solutions for a host of occupational skin diseases encountered in practice. This edition includes extensive information on the new and easy method of patch testing, and an expanded section on job descriptions with their irritants and allergens. Also includes current information on contact and environmental dermatology.

Contact and Occupational Dermatology is the new, revised edition of this practical guide to the evaluation and care of patients with contact or occupational dermatitis. This new edition includes brand new information and the text is enhanced by 172 full colour images. This book is written by James Marks, Professor of Dermatology at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre in the United States, ensuring authoritative content throughout.

A highly practical approach to occupational dermatoses combined with the skill and experience of specialists in clinical and experimental dermatology. Great care is taken throughout to provide the information urgently needed for daily patient management, with concise tables, algorithms, and figures on how to optimise the diagnostic procedure for high-quality patient care and expert opinion. This handbook provides the relevant job descriptions, job-specific diagnostic algorithms and a detailed description of allergens and irritants such that readers can master even difficult and unusual problems in occupational dermatology.

This handbook 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 information is presented in a quick reference format with concise tables, algorithms, and figures on how to optimise the diagnostic procedures for high-quality care.

Due to the increasing exposure of the skin to damaging environmental influences such as ultraviolet radiation, climatic determinants, chemicals or infections, research in this field is rapidly progressing. The interaction between the skin and the environment presents a fascinating and challenging research subject. For instance, skin aging and skin carcinogenesis are caused by both genetic and environmental factors. And also in diseases like psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and collagen diseases, genetic, immunologic and environmental factors interact. In recent years, new technologies to investigate skin response have allowed researchers to explore the interplay of environmental and genomic elements in skin cell biology, decipher the biochemical steps undertaken in the process, and study the genetics underlying variations in skin response to the environment. In this volume the state-of-the-art findings, ranging from molecular biology to epidemiology, are discussed thoroughly. The publication thus provides new insights for dermatologists, allergologists and immunologists who seek a better understanding of disease processes and new therapeutic strategies.

This invaluable textbook on contact and occupational skin diseases is written for dermatologists, occupational physicians and practitioners interested in dermatology who are working in the Asia-Pacific region. It consists of contributions from experts in contact and occupational dermatology from many parts of the region. While most other textbooks on this subject cater to Western practitioners, this book is unique in that it focuses on topics relevant to the Asia-Pacific region and the tropics, complementing the Western publications. There are differences in the epidemiology and clinical presentations of contact and occupational dermatitis in the Asia-Pacific countries and the tropics compared to the Western countries. This book addresses the epidemiology and the approaches to the topic in many Asia-Pacific countries. It is a simple practical guide to the principles and practice of managing patients with contact and occupational skin diseases. The editors have included many colour illustrations, to assist dermatologists and other practitioners in using the book more effectively. These illustrations have been painstakingly selected to bring out clinical features as succinctly as possible. Contents:Irritant Contact Dermatitis and Allergic Contact Dermatitis (S K Ng & C L Goh)The Immunology of Contact Dermatitis (Y H Leow)The Histology of Contact Dermatitis (S H Tan)Non-Eczematous Contact Dermatitis (C L Goh)Contact Urticaria (Y H Leow)Subjective Adverse Contact Reactions (G Yosipovitch & S K Ng)Contact Pigmentary Changes (S K Ng & C L Goh)Photocontact Dermatitis (P L Ng & S K Ng)Investigative Techniques in Contact Dermatitis (P Ang & S K Ng)Occupational Dermatoses (S L Goh et al.)The Management of Contact Dermatitis (Y H Leow & C L Goh)Allergens and Irritants (P Ang et al.)Regional Contact Dermatitis (T J Goon et al.)Systemic Contact Dermatitis (S K Ng & C L Goh)The Epidemiology of Contact Dermatitis in the Asia-Pacific Region (U Budimulja et al.)Appendix 1 — Bioengineering Techniques in Contact Dermatitis (G Yosipovitch)Appendix 2 — Laboratory Procedures in Occupational Contact Dermatitis (D Koh) Readership: Dermatologists and occupational physicians. Keywords:Contact Dermatitis;Patch Test;Prick Test;Industrial Dermatitis;Irritant Contact Dermatitis;Allergic Contact Dermatitis;Contact Urticaria;Phytodermatitis;Epidemiology of Skin Diseases;Photodermatitis