Photostability and breakdown products of pigments currently used in tattoo inks

Current Problems in Dermatology (Switzerland)

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 164-169

  Hauri, Urs ^a   Hohl, Christopher ^a  

^a State Laboratory Basel City   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 NITROTOLUENE; 2 METHYLANILINE; 3,3' DICHLOROBENZIDINE; AROMATIC AMINE; INK; PHTHALOCYANINE; PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COLORING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER; LIGHT; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUNLIGHT; TATTOO; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; RADIATION RESPONSE; TATTOOING;

ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; HUMANS; INK; LASERS; PHOTOLYSIS; SUNLIGHT; TATTOOING;

EID: 84926328200     PISSN: 14215721     EISSN: 16622944     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000369225     Document Type: Article

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