Handbook of Occupational Dermatoses

ISBN-13: 9783031227264 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 209 str.

Ana M. Giménez-Arnau; Howard I. Maibach

Opis

This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the variety of skin issues that can arise while at work. It is meant to guide dermatologists, allergists, and industrial physicians in the successful diagnostic and management of the patients suffering from occupational skin dermatoses. It provides a look at the current modes of treatment available to practicing physicians while also offering updates on the most recent changes and advances for easy integration into practice. With an depth look at some of the more common diseases, like various urticaria and eczema as well as examining specific work places prone to exposure, this book will provide a quick and easy-to-use reference. Chapters contain patient photos and offer a multidisciplinary approach with special chapters on medical legal implications as well as exploring the minimum standards on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment as viewed worldwide.  

Handbook of Occupational Dermatoses is a must-have resource for dermatologists, allergists, and primary care physicians that deal with these skin issues everyday. 

Spis treści

Chap 1  Occupational and Work-related Dermatosis:  Definition and classification

Chap 2  Epidemiology and Burden of Occupational Dermatosis 

Chap 3  Dermatitis due to Irritation and Allergic Sensitization

Chap 4  Occupational Contact Urticaria Syndrome

Chap 5  Professional Skin Cancer, The state of art.

Chap 6  Infectious dermatoses in the workplace.

Chap 7 Identification of occupational dermatoses. The role of the Occupational Physician and  the Dermatologist

Chap 8  Minimum standards on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of occupational and work-related skin diseases . A global approach

Chap 9 Diagnostic methods of Eczema and Urticaria; patch test , photopatch test and Prick test 

Chap 10  Occupational hand dermatitis, diagnosis, occupational relevance and treatment 

Chap 11  Airborne occupational contact dermatosis 

Chap 12 Occupational contact dermatitis and Photodermatosis in the agricultural environment

Chap 13  Occupational  contact dermatitis in the Industrial Setting

Chap 14  Occupational  contact dermatitis in the Services Sector 

Chap 15  What´s  new on occupational contact dermatitis. New professions and contact occupational dermatosis 

Chap 16  Medical legal implications and the importance of the medical report  

O autorze

Ana Giménez-Arnau, MD is a Consultant in Dermatology and Associate Professor in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Barcelona. 

Howard Maibach, MD is a professor in the Department of Dermatology at UCSF and is an expert in contact and occupational dermatitis and His specialties are dermatotoxicology, or skin exposure toxicity; allergies and skin disorders; and dermatopharmacology or the study of medications for skin disorders. Dr. Maibach has been on the editorial board of more than 30 scientific journals and is a member of 19 professional societies including the American Academy of Dermatology, San Francisco Dermatological Society and the Internal Commission on Occupation Health.