| Description |
1 online resource (493 pages) : color illustrations |
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Human health handbooks ; no. 1 |
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Human health handbooks ; no. 1.
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| Contents |
Part 1. General introduction and overviews -- Hair in health and disease: an introduction / Taneeta Ganguly and Pratima Karnik -- The color of human hair / Christoph G. Birngruber and Marcel A. Verhoff -- Hair loss in the elderly / Chao-Chun Yang, Antonia Todorova and Wenchieh Chen -- Hair loss in women / Francisco M. Camacho Martínez -- Male androgenetic alopecia / Salvador Arias-Santiago, Agustín Buendía-Eisman, María Teresa Gutiérrez-Salmerón and Salvio Serrano-Ortega -- Excess hair growth / Daisy Kopera -- Ethnopharmacology and hair: Indian perspectives / Neetu Sabarwal, C K Sudhakar, Rakesh Barik, Sanjay Jain and Dhanila Varkey -- Neonatal hair analysis to reveal gestational exposure to drugs / Donata Favretto -- Part 2. Molecular and cellular biology and hair -- Plucked hair: how to get stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells for future clinical applications / Núria Montserrat and Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte -- Alopecia areata and chemokine / Yoshihiro Kuwano and Manabu Fujimoto -- Natural and unnatural hair loss as detected in the forensic context / Elizabeth M. Brooks and James Robertson |
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Part 3. Dietary toxicity and pathological history -- Arsenic in the hair / Simone F.P. Pereira, Johny S. Oliveira and Rajkumar Rajendram -- Ethyl glucuronide in hair and alcohol misuse / Ronald Agius -- Hair mineral analysis in the assessment of human exposure to metals / Katarzyna Chojnacka and Marcin Mikulewicz -- Potentially toxic elements, pollution and hair / Anna Capasso, Alberto Loizzo and Sergio Caroli -- Natural radionuclides in human hair / Maarit Muikku and Weibo Li -- Stable isotope ratio analysis in human hair / Klaus J Petzke and Benjamin T Fuller -- Part 4. Diseases of hair and treatments -- Head lice and their control: a never-ending story ... / Heinz Mehlhorn -- Low-level light therapy and hair loss / Mahyar Ghanaat -- Chemotherapy-induced hair loss / Corina J.G. van den Hurk, Wim P.M. Breed and Floortje Mols -- MSH peptides and applications to treatment of hair / Matteo Auriemma and Paolo Amerio -- Part 5. Shampoos and conditioners -- Shampoo compositions -- Sung Hyun Im -- Shampoo in the treatment of scalp psoriasis / A. Kaszuba and M. Pastuszka -- Lipohydroxy acid containing shampoo in the treatment of scalp seborrheic dermatitis / Sophie Seité and André Rougier |
| Summary |
Hair is a major component of the body's tissue system that contributes to the individual's make up and confers a large degree of personal identity. Apart from its visible façade, hair also has a functional role. It has an unique structure and complex molecular development. The very nature of hair makes it a suitable marker for the prognosis of disease. Hair can also be used to screen for toxins and changes in the diet. However, there are currently no suitable publications available that describe hair in a rational scientific context. This handbook provides an academic approach to hair in health and disease. Divided into five sections the Handbook of Hair in Health and Disease provides an insight into hair growth and loss, molecular and cellular biology of hair, dietary toxicity and pathological history, diseases and treatments of hair, as well as shampoos and conditioners. Unique features of each chapter in this volume include relevant and useful 'Key facts' which highlight interesting or important findings of the specific subjects and 'Summary points' that will give a clear overview of the subjects treated in each chapter. The Handbook of Hair in Health and Disease will be essential to a variety of users, such as trichologists, doctors and nurses and all those interested or working within the area of hair health. This includes nutritionists and dieticians, scientific beauticians, health workers and practitioners, college and university lecturers and undergraduate and graduate students |
| Analysis |
Life sciences |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Hair -- Care and hygiene -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Hair -- Diseases -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Hair manifestations of general diseases -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Skin -- Diseases.
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Anatomy.
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Diseases.
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Hair Diseases -- physiopathology
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Integumentary System
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Skin Diseases
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Anatomy
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Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases
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Disease
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Hair Diseases
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Hair
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Hair -- physiopathology
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Animal Structures
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anatomy.
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disease.
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illness.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Skin -- Diseases
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Diseases
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Anatomy
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Hair -- Care and hygiene
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Hair -- Diseases
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Hair manifestations of general diseases
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| Genre/Form |
manuals (instructional materials)
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handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Preedy, Victor R.
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| ISBN |
9789086867288 |
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9086867286 |
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