Skin tumors arising in tattoos: Coincidental or upcoming public health issue?

Expert Review of Dermatology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 313-315

  Kluger, Nicolas ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE; PIGMENT;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATOACANTHOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN LYMPHOMA; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; TATTOOING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 70049095849     PISSN: 17469872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/edm.09.28     Document Type: Editorial

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