Environment and Skin

Jean Krutmann is Professor of Dermatology and Environmental Medicine and Director of the Institut für Umweltmedizinische Forschung (Institute for Environmental Medical Research) at the Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf. His field of research is dermatotoxicology and immunodermatology, with special emphasis on environmentally induced skin diseases. He is author or co-author of more than 200 papers and the recipient of various awards.

• General Aspects of Dermatotoxicology: Skin as a metabolizing organ.- Skin toxicology in the 21st century: Modern Risk Assessment Strategies.- Risk assessment for contact allergens. Environmental threats to skin: UV and skin: photoaging.- UV and skin: photocarcinogenesis.- Actinic skin damage beyond UV.- Tobacco smoke and skin.- Ozone and skin: Italy.- PM and skin.- Contact allergy.- Contact urticaria / Anaphylaxis.- Arsen and skin.- PAHs and skin.- Global climate change and skin diseases.- Global climate change, pollen and allergy.