The use of blood-type tattoos during the Cold War

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 472-476

  Wolf, Elizabeth K ^a   Laumann, Anne E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TATTOO; UNITED STATES; WAR;

BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; TATTOOING; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 38949085545     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2007.11.019     Document Type: Editorial

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