An investigation into the practice of tongue piercing in the South West of England

British Dental Journal

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-107

  Stead, L R ^a   Williams, J V ^a   Williams, A C ^a   Robinson, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BODY PIERCING; FOREIGN BODY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INJURY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TONGUE; TOOTH FRACTURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY PIERCING; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENGLAND; FOREIGN BODIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TONGUE; TOOTH FRACTURES;

EID: 31944442070     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4813150     Document Type: Article

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