Self-reported characteristics of women and men with intimate body piercings

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 474-484

  Caliendo, Carol ^a   Armstrong, Myrna L ^b   Roberts, Alden E ^b  

^a CARLOW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body art; Body piercing; Genital piercing; Nipple piercing; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BISEXUALITY; BODY PIERCING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GENITAL PIERCING; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; LITERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIPPLE; NIPPLE PIERCING; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN IRRITATION; UNITED STATES; URINE FLOW RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY PIERCING; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIPPLES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 14844357974     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03320.x     Document Type: Review

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