Tattoo pigments are cleaved by laser light - The chemical analysis in vitro provide evidence for hazardous compounds

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-190

  Vasold, Rudolf ^a   Naarmann, Natascha ^a   Ulrich, Heidi ^a   Fischer, Daniela ^a   König, Burkhard ^a   Landthaler, Michael ^a   Bäumler, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 5 NITROANILINE; 2,5 DICHLOROANILINE; 4 NITROTOLUENE; ALANINE DERIVATIVE; AZO COMPOUND; PIGMENT; TATTOO PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; DECOMPOSITION; ESTHETICS; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; IRRADIATION; LASER; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTODEGRADATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TATTOO; TATTOO REMOVAL;

AZO COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLORING AGENTS; LASERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOLYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TATTOOING;

EID: 9144230685     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2004-05-17-RA-170.1     Document Type: Article

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