BookShamim I. Ahmad, editor.
Contents:
Part I. Introduction, Historical Aspects and Sources of UV Light
1. History of UV lamps, types, and their applications
Part II. UV Photoproducts, Damage to DNA and Mutagenesis
2. Ultraviolet light induced generation of reactive oxygen species
Part III. UV Light and Human Diseases
3. UV-induced molecular signaling differences in melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer
4. Xeroderma Pigmentosa Group A (XPA), nucleotide excision repair and regulation by ATR in response to ultraviolet irradiation
5. Impact f ultraviolet light on vitiligo
6. Polymorphous light eruption
7. Ultraviolet radiations: skin defense-damage mechanism
8. Ultraviolet photobiology in dermatology
9. Ultraviolet A-1 in dermatological diseases
10. Photodermatoses in the pigmented skin
11. Psycho-neuro-endocrine-immunology: a psychobiological concept
Part IV. UV Light Benefits to Man
12. Ultraviolet B radiation: the Vitamin D connection
13. Role of Vitamin D in rheumatoid arthritis
14. Asthma and allergy "epidemic" and the role of Vitamin D deficiency
15. Vitamin D metabolism and the implications for atherosclerosis
16. Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
17. Impact of UV radiation on genome stability and human health
18. Vitamin D, cardiovascular disease and risk factors
Part V. UV Light in Sterilization
19. Biofilms: microbial strategies for surviving UV exposure
20. UV induced mutagenicity in water: causes, detection, identification and prevention
21. Role of ultraviolet disinfection in the prevention of surgical site infections
22. UV disinfection of wastewater and combined sewer overflows
Part VI. UV Light in Phototherapy
23. Phototherapy in atropic dermatitis
24. Phototherapy of psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease
25. Ultraviolet irradiation of blood: "The cure that time forgot?"
26. From UV protection to protection in the whole spectral range of the solar radiation: new aspects of sunscreen development
27. Safety and efficacy of phototherapy in the management of eczema
Part VII. Tanning Saloon
28. UV driven tanning salons: danger on Main Street
Part VIII. UV Dosimeters
29. Dose quantification in UV phototherapy
Index.