Bookedited by Victor R. Preedy.
Contents:
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 / C.-C. Yang, A. Todorova and W. Chen
Hair loss in women / Francisco M. Camacho Martinez
Male androgenetic alopecia / Salvador Arias-Santiago ... [et al.]
Excess hair growth / Daisy Kopera
Ethnopharmacology and hair: Indian perspectives / Neetu Sabarwal ... [et al.]
Neonatal hair analysis to reveal gestational exposure to drugs / Donata Favretto
Molecular and cellular biology and hair. Plucked hair: how to get stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells for future clinical applications / Nuria Montserrat and Juan Carlos Izpisua 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
Dietary toxicity and pathological history. Arsenic in the hair / Simon 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 in 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
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 Auriemina and Paolo Amerio
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 Seite and Andr.