This volume covers all aspects of ultraviolet and visible light effects on the
skin, from the basic science underlying the changes that normally occur on
exposure to sunlight, through an examination of light-induced diseases such as
chronic actinic dermatitis, solar urticaria and drug photosensitivity, to the
development of photodermatology in the future. New fields of basic and clinical
research, including photoimmunology and photoageing, and modern advances in the
techniques and applications of photochemotherapy are also fully discussed. To
achieve this the editor has drawn on the wide and varied expertise of an
international team of highly respected scientific and clinical photobiologists
to put together the most up-to-date and