Complications of body art

Consultant

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1744-1752

  Mayers, Lester B ^a   Moriarty, Barry W ^a   Judelson, Daniel A ^b   Rundell, Kenneth W ^c  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BLEEDING; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST FEEDING; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EAR; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HAND; HEALING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYGIENE; INFECTION; KELOID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; NIPPLE; NOSE; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHOTOALLERGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCAR FORMATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TATTOOING; TONGUE; TOOTH INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICUS;

EID: 0036908604     PISSN: 00107069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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