Ahmad, Shamim I.
Ultraviolet Light in Human Health, Diseases and Environment
Part I. Introduction, Historical Aspects and Sources of UV Light
1. History of UV Lamps, Types, and Their Applications
Shamim I. Ahmad, Luisa Christensen, Elma Baron
Part II. UV Photoproducts, Damage to DNA and Mutagenesis
2. Ultraviolet Light Induced Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species
T. L. Jager, A. E. Cockrell, S. S. Plessis
Part III. UV Light and Human Diseases
3. UV-Induced Molecular Signaling Differences in Melanoma and Non-melanoma Skin Cancer
Feng Liu-Smith, Jinjing Jia, Yan Zheng
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Phillip R. Musich, Zhengke Li, Yue Zou
5. Impact of Ultraviolet Light on Vitiligo
Rasnik K. Singh
6. Polymorphous Light Eruption
Marcella Guarrera
7. Ultraviolet Radiations: Skin Defense-Damage Mechanism
Dheeraj Mohania, Shikha Chandel, Parveen Kumar, Vivek Verma, Kumar Digvijay, Deepika Tripathi, Khushboo Choudhury, Sandeep Kumar Mitten, Dilip Shah
8. Ultraviolet Photobiology in Dermatology
Luisa Christensen, Amanda Suggs, Elma Baron
9. Ultraviolet A-1 in Dermatological Diseases
Torello M. Lotti, Serena Gianfaldoni
10. Photodermatoses in the Pigmented Skin
Vinod Kumar Sharma, Kanika Sahni
11. Psycho-Neuro-Endocrine-Immunology: A Psychobiological Concept
Katlein França, Torello M. Lotti
Part IV. UV Light Benefits to Man
12. Ultraviolet B Radiation: The Vitamin D Connection
Michael F. Holick
13. Role of Vitamin D in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Mattia Bellan, Pier Paolo Sainaghi, Mario Pirisi
14. Asthma and Allergy “Epidemic” and the Role of Vitamin D Deficiency
Konstantinos Douros, Barbara Boutopoulou, Sotirios Fouzas, Ioanna Loukou
15. Vitamin D Metabolism and the Implications for Atherosclerosis
Amanda L. Bennett, Carl J. Lavie
16. Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Claire Michael Issa
17. Impact of UV Radiation on Genome Stability and Human Health
Sujit Roy
18. Vitamin D, Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Factors
Tea Skaaby, Betina H. Thuesen, Allan Linneberg
Part V. UV Light in Sterilization
19. Biofilms: Microbial Strategies for Surviving UV Exposure
Carla C. C. R. Carvalho
20. UV Induced Mutagenicity in Water: Causes, Detection, Identification and Prevention
Roberta C. H. M. Hofman-Caris
21. Role of Ultraviolet Disinfection in the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections
Sarah Simmons, Charles Dale, James Holt, Katie Velasquez, Mark Stibich
22. UV Disinfection of Wastewater and Combined Sewer Overflows
John Gibson, Jennifer Drake, Bryan Karney
Part VI. UV Light in Phototherapy
23. Phototherapy in Atopic Dermatitis
José María Ortiz-Salvador, Amparo Pérez-Ferriols
24. Phototherapy of Psoriasis, a Chronic Inflammatory Skin Disease
Emőke Rácz, Errol P. Prens
25. Ultraviolet Irradiation of Blood: “The Cure That Time Forgot”?
Michael R. Hamblin
26. From UV Protection to Protection in the Whole Spectral Range of the Solar Radiation: New Aspects of Sunscreen Development
Leonhard Zastrow, Martina C. Meinke, Stephanie Albrecht, Alexa Patzelt, Juergen Lademann
27. Safety and Efficacy of Phototherapy in the Management of Eczema
Annalisa Patrizi, Beatrice Raone, Giulia Maria Ravaioli
Part VII. Tanning Saloon
28. UV Driven Tanning Salons: Danger on Main Street
Jean-François Doré, Marie-Christine Chignol
Part VIII. UV Dosimeters
29. Dose Quantification in UV Phototherapy
David Robert Grimes
Keywords: Biomedicine, Cancer Research, Microbiology, Pathology
- Editor
- Ahmad, Shamim I.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2017
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
- Page amount
- 24 pages
- Category
- Medicine, Health Care, Mode
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9783319560175
- Printed ISBN
- 978-3-319-56016-8