Environment and Skin

Part I. Concepts and Methods

1. Barrier Skin
Hans F. Merk

2. Combined, Simultaneous Exposure to Radiation Within and Beyond the UV Spectrum: A Novel Approach to Better Understand Skin Damage by Natural Sunlight
Jean Krutmann, Kevin Sondenheimer, Susanne Grether-Beck, Thomas Haarmann-Stemmann

3. The Impact of Climate Change on Skin and Skin-Related Disease
Louise K. Andersen

4. Modern Skin Toxicity Testing Strategies
Susanne N. Kolle, Wera Teubner, Robert Landsiedel

Part II. Environmental Threats to the Skin

5. Contact Allergy
Stefan F. Martin

6. Contact Urticaria and Contact Urticaria Syndrome
Hans F. Merk

7. Risk Assessment for Contact Allergens
David A. Basketter

8. UV and Skin: Photocarcinogenesis
Allen S. W. Oak, Mohammad Athar, Nabiha Yusuf, Craig A. Elmets

9. Ambient Particulate Matter and Skin
Andrea Vierkötter, Jean Krutmann, Tamara Schikowski

10. POPs and Skin
M. M. Leijs, Janna G. Koppe, T. Kraus, J. M. Baron, H. F. Merk

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Dermatology, Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine, Environmental Health