title: [Dermatoxicology, a new discipline for the study of cutaneous effects of new xenobiotics].
abstract: Dermatotoxicology is a discipline that studies the interactions between the skin and its environment, its reactions to external conditions and its consequences on the whole organism. A dermatotoxicology group is now developing at the University Medical Centre in Geneva, within the new Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology (SCAHT). This centre gathers together research teams from the Universities of Geneva, Basle and Lausanne, which will contribute to develop the scientific bases for the assessment and the management of toxicological risks and the protection of human health. This centre will also provide various toxicological analyses on request and organise a master (Basle) and a master of advanced studies (Geneva) in toxicology.
authors.affiliation: Centre suisse de toxicologie humaine appliquée (SCAHT), Groupe dermatotoxicologie CMU, 1211 Genève 4. olivier.sorg@unige.ch
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sorg
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D015262:Xenobiotics / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D015262:Xenobiotics