Research Catalog

Title

Ethnic skin and hair / edited by Enzo Berardesca, Jean-Luc Lévêque, Howard I. Maibach.

Publication

New York : Informa Healthcare, [2007], ©2007.

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Additional Authors

• Berardesca, Enzo.
• Leveque, Jean-Luc, 1940-
• Maibach, Howard I.

Description

xii, 269 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm.

Series Statement

Dermatology : clinical & basic science series ; 28

Uniform Title

Dermatology (Informa Healthcare) ; 28.

Subject

• Skin > Diseases > Cross-cultural studies
• Hair > Diseases > Cross-cultural studies
• Skin Diseases > ethnology
• Skin Diseases > therapy
• Ethnicity
• Skin Diseases > physiopathology
• Skin Pigmentation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Anthropology of skin colors / Aldo Morrone -- 2. Biophysical properties of ethnic skin / Grazia Primavera and Enzo Berardesca -- 3. Light penetration and melanin content in ethnic skin / Nikiforos Kollias and Paulo R. Bargo -- 4. Photoreactivity of ethnic skin / Giovanni Leone and Alessia Pacifico -- 5. Hair anthropology / Leszek J. Wolfram, E. Dika and Howard I. Maibach -- 6. The transverse dimensions of human head hair / J. Alan Swift -- 7. Influence of ethnic origin of hair on water-Keratin interaction / Alain Franbourg, Frederic Leroy, Marielle Escoubes and Jean-Luc Leveque -- 8. The age-dependent changes in skin condition in ethnic populations from around the world / Greg G. Hillebrand, Mark J. Levine and Kukizo Miyamoto -- 9. Update on racial differences in susceptibility to skin irritation and allergy / Michael K. Robinson -- 10. Ethnic itch / Daniela A. Guzman-Sanchez, Christopher Yelverton and Gil Yosipovitch -- 11. Age-related changes in skin microtopography : a comparison between Caucasian and Japanese women / Sophie Gardinier, Hassan Zahouani, Christiane Guinot and Erwin Tschachler -- 12. Inter- and intraethnic differences in skin micro relief as a function of age and site / Stephane Diridollu, Jean de Rigal, Bernard Querleux, Therese Baldeweck, Dominique Batisse, Isabelle Des Mazis, Grace Yang, Frederic Leroy and Victoria Holloway Barbosa -- 13. Stratum corneum lipids and water holding capacity : comparison between Caucasians, Blacks, Hispanics and Asians / Alessandra Pelosi, Enzo Berardesca, Joachim W. Fluhr, Philip Wertz, Jocelia Lago Jansen, Angela Anigbogu, Tseng-Fang Tsai and Howard I. Maibach -- 14. The impact of skin disease in "ethnic" skin / Gary J. Brauner -- 15. Acne and scarring / Andrew F. Alexis and Susan C. Taylor -- 16. Black skin cosmetics : specific skin and hair problems of African Americans and cosmetic approaches for their treatment / Christian Oresajo and Sreekumar Pillai -- 17. Ethnical aspects of skin pigmentation / Olivier de Lacharriere and Rainer Schmidt -- 18. Sensitive skin - an ethnic overview / Olivier de Lacharriere -- 19. Diversity of hair growth parameters / Genevieve Loussouarn.

ISBN

• 0849330882 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9780849330889 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2006048587

OCLC

• ocm70218017
• 70218017
• SCSB-5329497

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries