Tattoo removal among Ethiopian Jews in Israel: Tradition faces technology

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 906-909

  Lapidoth, Moshe ^a   Aharonowitz, Gali ^a  

^a Institute of Medical Genetics   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCAR FORMATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TATTOO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; LASERS; MALE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TATTOOING;

EID: 9944224280     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2004.07.028     Document Type: Article

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