This book provides a comprehensive reference text on irritant contact dermatitis, covering all aspects of the condition, including: clinical features, epidemiology, prevention and therapy, prognosis, mechanisms, pathology and regulatory issues. The book covers the recent advent of non-invasive skin bioengineering technology, and presents novel in vitro and in vivo research techniques and findings. Because irritant dermatitis affects multiple specialties, the audience for this book is wide ranging, including clinical and investigative dermatologists, allergists, toxicologists, pharmaceutical scientists, occupational and environmental physicians, public health physicians, cosmetologists and skin bioengineers.