Piercing among adolescents: Body art as risk marker. A population-based survey

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 126-130

  Suris, Joan Carles ^a   Jeannin, André ^a   Chossis, Isabelle ^a   Michaud, Pierre André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY PIERCING; DELINQUENCY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK; SCAR FORMATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIGMA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TATTOO; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY PIERCING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWITZERLAND; TATTOOING;

EID: 33847095615     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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