Ultraviolet light in human health, diseases and environment. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Shamim I. Ahmad, editor.
• Editors: Ahmad, Shamim I
• Contents: Part 1. Introduction, historical aspects and sources of UV light. History of UV lamps, types, and their applications / Shamim I. Ahmad, Luisa Christensen, and Elma Baron -- Part 2. UV photoproducts, damage to DNA and mutagenesis. Ultraviolet light induced generation fo reactive oxygen species / T.L. de Jager, A.E. Cockrell, and S.S. Du Plessis -- Part 3. UV light and human diseases. UV-induced molecular signaling differences in melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer / Feng Liu-Smith, Jinjing Jia, and Yan Zheng -- Xeroderma Pigmentosa Group A (XPA), nucleotide excision repair and regulation by ATR in response to ultraviolet irradiation / Phillip R. Musich, Zhengke Li, and Yue Zhou -- Impact of ultraviolet light on vitiligo / Rasnik K. Singh -- Polymorphous light eruption / Marcella Guarrera -- Ultraviolet radiations: skin defense-damage mechanism / Dheeraj Mohania [and 8 others] -- Ultraviolet photobiology in dermatology / Luisa Christensen, Amanda Suggs, and Elma Baron -- Ultraviolet A-1 in dermatological diseases / Torello M. Lotti and Serena Gianfaldoni -- Photodermatoses in the pigmented skin / Vinod Kumar Sharma and Kanika Sahni -- Psycho-neuro-endocrine-immunology: a psychobiological concept / Katlein França and Torello M. Lotti -- Part 4. UV light benefits to man. Ultraviolet B radiation: the vitamin D connection / Michael F. Holick -- Role of vitamin D in rheumatoid arthritis / Mattia Bellan, Pier Paolo Sainaghi, and Mario Pirisi -- Asthma and allergy "epidemic" and the role of vitamin D deficiency / Konstantinos Douros, BarbarBoutopoulou, Sotirios Fouzas, and Ionna Loukou -- Vitamin D metabolism and the implications for atherosclerosis / Amanda L. Bennett and Carl J. Lavie -- Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus / Claire Michael Issa -- Impact of UV radiation on genome stability and human health / Sijit Roy -- Vitamin D, cardiovascular disease and risk factors / Tea Skaaby, Betina H. Thuesen, and Allan Linneberg -- Part 5. UV light in sterilization. Biofilms: microbial strategies for surviving UV exposure / Carla C.C.R. de Carvalho -- UV induced mutagenicity in water: causes, detection, identification and prevention / Roberta (C.H.M.) Hofman-Caris -- Role of ultraviolet disinfection in the prevention of surgical site infections / Sarah Simmons [and 4 others] -- UV disinfection of wastewater and combined sewer overflows / John Gibson, Jennifer Drake, and Bryan Karney -- Part 6. UV light in phototherapy. Phototherapy in atopic dermatitis / José María Ortiz-Salvador and Amparo Pérez-Ferriols -- Phototherapy of psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease / Emöke Rácz and Errol P. Prens -- Ultraviolet irradiation of blood: "the cure that time forgot"? / Michael R. Hamblin -- From UV protection to protection in the whole spectral range of the solar radiation: new apsects of sunscreen development / Leonhard Zastrow [and 4 others] -- Safety and efficacy of phototherapy in the management of eczema / Annalisa Patrizi, Beatrice Raone, and Giulia Maria Ravaioli -- Part 7. Tanning saloon. UV driven tanning salons: danger on Main Street / Jean-François Doré and Marie-Christine Chignol -- Part 8. UV dosimeters. Dose quantifications in UV phototherapy / David Robert Grimes -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiv, 365 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 571.4/56; 610; Medicine; Ultraviolet radiation -- Physiological effect; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Anatomy & Physiology; Ultraviolet radiation -- Physiological effect; Biomedicine; Cancer Research; Microbiology; Pathology; Ultraviolet Rays; Radiation, Ionizing; Radiation Effects; Ultraviolet Therapy; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Microbiology; Medical -- Pathology; Microbiology (non-medical); Pathology; Oncology; Microbiology; Pathology; Medical -- Oncology; Oncology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319560175; 3319560174
• Related ISBNs: 9783319560168; 3319560166
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from electronic title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 28, 2018).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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