Tattooing and Risk of Hepatitis B: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 207-212

  Jafari, Siavash ^a   Buxton, Jane A ^a   Afshar, Kourosh ^b   Copes, Ray ^b   Baharlou, Souzan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hepatitis; Hepatitis b; Infections; Tattooing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864710057     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403814     Document Type: Article

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