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Laser Safety

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This chapter will describe the laser security aspects from the classification of laser’s risk until the preventive measures. The main risks such as eye risks, skin risks, teeth risks, plume risks, fire risks, and electrical risks will be discussed, and preventive measures since protective equipment until behavioral aspects will also be addressed.

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  1. Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    João Paulo Junqueira Magalhães Afonso & Meire Brasil Parada

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  1. Department of Clinical Medicine – Dermatology, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Maria Claudia Almeida Issa

  2. Clínicas Hospital of São Paulo of the University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Bhertha Tamura

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Junqueira Magalhães Afonso, J.P., Brasil Parada, M. (2018). Laser Safety. In: Issa, M., Tamura, B. (eds) Lasers, Lights and Other Technologies. Clinical Approaches and Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16799-2_21

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