Youth and tattoos: What school health personnel should know

Journal of School Health

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 355-360

  Brown, Kelli McCormack ^a   Perlmutter, Paula ^a   McDermott, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TATTOOING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; TATTOOING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034320150     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2000.tb07273.x     Document Type: Article

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