Tattooed army soldiers: Examining the incidence, behavior, and risk

Military Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-141

  Armstrong, Myrna L ^a   Murphy, Kathleen Pace ^a   Sallee, Anna ^a   Watson, Mary G ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; TATTOO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033994585     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/165.2.135     Document Type: Article

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