Body art: Tattooing and piercing

Encyclopedia of Body Image and Human Appearance

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 58-65

  Swami, V ^a   Harris, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84882524624     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384925-0.00012-2     Document Type: Chapter

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