Tattooing: A major source for viral infection

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 678-680

  Sharifi Mood, Batool ^a   Khosravi, Soheila ^b  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Iran Research Center of Blood Transfusion Organization   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; HIV AIDS; Tattoo; Viral infection; Women

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRATION; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; TATTOOING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 33750342418     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2006.678.680     Document Type: Article

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