Body art: Attitudes and practices regarding body piercing among urban undergraduates

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 432-438

  Schorzman, Cindy M ^a   Gold, Melanie A ^b   Downs, Julie S ^c   Murray, Pamela J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ART; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY PIERCING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; KELOID; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TETANUS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY PIERCING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 35649024210     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: 00986151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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