Irritant Dermatitis: New Clinical and Experimental Aspects

This text assembles important scientific information on all aspects of irritant contact dermatitis. It covers clinical features, epidemiology, prevention and therapy and presents new patho-physiological data. Several contributions focus on irritant dermatitis in the workplace, where early diagnosis and treatment is essential to prevent chronic and costly occupational skin disease. New data on immunological, biochemical and biophysical events in irritant dermatitis are also included. A section by leading researchers sheds light on current attempts to replace animal testing by techniques based on in vitro cell or tissue culture. These are innovations increasingly called for by regulating agencies and the general public.