Tattooing in prisons-Not such a pretty picture

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 477-480

  Hellard, Margaret E ^a   Aitken, C K ^a   Hocking, J S ^a  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRISON; QUESTIONNAIRE; TATTOOING; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TATTOOING;

EID: 34548222712     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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