Prison inmates' intention to demand that bleach be used for cleaning tattooing and piercing equipment

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 297-300

  Gagnon, Hélènen ^a   Godin, Gaston ^a,b   Alary, Michel ^a,c   Lambert, Gilles ^d   Lambert, Léo Daniel ^a   Landry, Suzanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Chaires de recherche du Canada   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d National Institute of Public Health ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Body piercing; Hepatitis C; HIV; Prisons; Tattooing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548494161     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405407     Document Type: Article

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