Tattoos, childhood sexual abuse and adult psychiatric disorder in women

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 137-141

  Romans, S E ^a,b   Martin, J L ^a   Morris, E M ^a   Harrison, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Psychological Medicine ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Borderline personality; Childhood sexual abuse; Tattoos

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542448405     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007370050018     Document Type: Article

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