Modern tattoos cause high concentrations of hazardous pigments in skin

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 228-233

  Engel, Eva ^a   Santarelli, Francesco ^a   Vasold, Rudolf ^a   Maisch, Tim ^a   Ulrich, Heidi ^a   Prantl, Lukas ^a   König, Burkhard ^a   Landthaler, Michael ^a   Bäumler, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extraction; Pigment concentration; Skin; Tattoo

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DANGEROUS GOODS; EXTRACTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN SURFACE; SWINE; TATTOO;

ANIMALS; AZO COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLORING AGENTS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; SWINE; TATTOOING;

EID: 41049085403     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01301.x     Document Type: Article

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