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Introduction
Pages 1-4
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.
Introduction
Pages 1-4
Skin Function and Occupational Skin Hazards
Pages 7-19
Atopic Dermatitis (or Atopic Eczema)
Pages 23-40
Occupational Contact Dermatitis
Pages 41-51
Quality of Work Environment and Frequency of Work-Related Dermatitis Among Dust-Exposed African Informal Coltan Miners
Pages 53-62
Occupational Cement Dermatitis and Cement Burns
Pages 63-69
Alternative Nonsteroidal Therapies for Occupational and Environmental Allergic Skin Disorders
Pages 71-77
Sacran: Novel Sulfated Polysaccharide as Anti-Allergic Skincare Biomaterial for Atopic Dermatitis
Pages 79-92
Clinical Anti-Allergic Effects of African Vernonia amygdalina Leaf Extracts
Pages 93-103
Experimental Anti-Allergic and Immunomodulatory Effects of Vernonia amygdalina-Derived Biomaterials, Vernodalin and Its Leaf Extracts
Pages 105-115
Common Environmental Dermatomycoses
Pages 119-131
Sarcoptic Skin Disease (or Scabies)
Pages 133-141
Frequency and Clinical Features of Sarcoptic Skin Disease (Scabies) in Congolese Schoolchildren
Pages 143-150
Paederus Dermatitis: Environmental Risk Factors, Clinical Features, and Management
Pages 151-157
Overview on Other Environmental Skin Disorders
Pages 159-168
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