Is prison tattooing a risk behaviour for HIV and other viruses? Results from a national survey of prisoners in England and Wales

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 60-65

  Strang, John ^a   Heuston, Joan ^a   Whiteley, Christopher ^a   Bacchus, Loraine ^a   Maden, Tony ^a   Gossop, Michael ^a   Green, John ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYGIENE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MALE; PRISON; RISK FACTOR; TATTOOING; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034057737     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.343     Document Type: Article

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