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People with multiple tattoos and/or piercings are not at increased risk for HBV or HCV in The Netherlands.

BACKGROUND: Although published results are inconsistent, it has been suggested that tattooing and piercing are risk factors for HBV and HCV infections. To examine whether tattooing and piercing do indeed increase the risk of infection, we conducted a study among people with multiple tattoos and/or p...

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Hauptverfasser: Anouk T Urbanus, Anneke van den Hoek, Albert Boonstra, Robin van Houdt, Lotte J de Bruijn, Titia Heijman, Roel A Coutinho, Maria Prins
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Schriftenreihe:PLoS ONE
Online-Zugang:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3173466?pdf=render
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