Body piercing/tattooing and trauma diagnostic imaging: Medical myths vs realities

Journal of Trauma Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-38

  Deboer, Scott ^a   Fishman, Donald ^b   Chwals, Walter ^c   Straus, Christopher ^a   Amundson, Troy ^d   Powe, Christopher ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Gwinnett Medical Center   (United States)

^e Apocalypse Piercing   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTIFACT; BODY PIERCING; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TATTOOING; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTIFACTS; BODY PIERCING; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TATTOOING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMATOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34249673871     PISSN: 10787496     EISSN: 19323883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JTN.0000264147.35051.ea     Document Type: Article

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