CONTACT DERMATITIS: STATE-OF-THE-ART ISSUES

Thursday, July 8,1999

Friday, July 9,1999

Saturday, July lo,1999

The Hotel Hershey, Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Sponsored by The American Contact Dermatitis Society, The Pennsylvania State University, and

Rohm and Haas Company. Subjects covered: Biology of Pilosebaceous Unit-Acne, Regulation of the Cutaneous Barrier, Cutaneous

Immunology-Atopic Dermatitis, Molecular Biology of Collagen/Elastin-Photoaging, Diagnostic Patch Testing, Sensory Evaluation of the Skin, Risk Assessment of New Products, Responsible Care Programs for Toxic Chemicals, Fragrance Sensitivity, Preservative Sensitivity, Metal Sensitivity, Latex Sensitivity, Medica- ment Allergy, lrritant Contact Dermatitis, Photo Allergy, Sensitive Skin Allergy, and Plant Contact Dermatitis.

Contact Kathy Karchner, Continuing Education, M.S. Hershey Medical Center, P.O. Box 85 1, Hershey, PA 17033, (717) 531-7965, Fax (717) 531-5604. Accredited by the AMAand AAD.

THE MELS HJORTH PRIZE The International Contact Dermatitis Research Group encourages research by endowing a Niels

Hjorth Prize (E1,500). Original, unpublished papers are invited, and a committee will then select the winner. The winning entry will be given as a paper at the 12th International Symposium on contact Dermatitis in San Francisco in October 1999.

The deadline for submission of papers for the prize is June 30, 1999. Please send 6 copies to the Chairman of the International contact Dermatitis Research Group, Professor J-M Lachapelle, Unit for Occupational Dermatology, Louvain University, UCL 3033, 30, Clos Chapelle-aux-Champs, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium. Telephone 32 2 7643 335; Fax 32 2 7643 334.

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