Tattoo practices and risk of hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection in the French Constances study
International Journal of Infectious DiseasesObjectives: Reassessing the impact of tattooing circumstances on hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) virus transmission to inform the World Health Organization’s hepatitis strategy, which aims to reduce transmission by 90% by 2030.
Milena Foerster +8 more
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Tattooed human in vitro skin model for testing the biocompatibility of tattoo inks and healing progression after tattooing [PDF]
Scientific ReportsTattoos are widespread in the population. Tattoo inks, which contain a variety of ingredients among them hazardous compounds such as polyaromatic hydrocarbons, heavy metals and nanoparticles and that are made for injection into the skin, are not ...
Kirsten Reddersen +3 more
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Preoperative endoscopic tattoo marking improves lymph node retrieval in laparoscopic rectal resection: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]
Annals of Coloproctology, 2023 Purpose Harvesting at least 12 lymph nodes (LNs) is recommended for adequate tumor staging in colon surgery. Although preoperative endoscopic tattooing has been used for primary localization of tumors, its impact on LN retrieval in colorectal surgery ...
Kouki Imaoka +8 more
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Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 Purpose: To evaluate the cosmetic efficacy and safety of an indigenous novel corneal tattooing technique using a self-prepared candle soot pigment. Methods: This pilot observational study involved 22 eyes of patients at a Bengaluru-based ophthalmology ...
M S Ravindra, Deepthi R Meda
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Removal of a red tattoo on the lips using a 532-nm picosecond laser [PDF]
Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2021 Tattoos, which people choose to have performed for various reasons, can have multiple colors, ranging from conventional black to red, yellow, blue, and others.
Syeo Young Wee +2 more
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Two cases of pen ink scleral tattoos and a brief review of the literature
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2021 Purpose: Scleral tattooing, also known as episcleral, subconjunctival, or simply eyeball tattooing, is a relatively new form of extreme body modification that first emerged in 2007.
Austin Rohl +2 more
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Les représentations des tatouages connectés: enjeux de l’acceptabilité et relation à l’imaginaire
Tic & Société, 2022 This article presents the results of an exploratory survey around connected tattoos conducted in partnership with Mathilde Sarré-Charrier from the Orange Group’s SENSE laboratory.
Annabelle BOUTET-DIÉYE, Aurélie SEZNEC
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Globalizzazione e aspetti culturali: l’esempio del tatuaggio
Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana, 2020 The ancient practice of skin drawing and tattooing is among the oldest and most recurrent cultural phenomena in the history of peoples and human societies around the world.
Paolo Macchia
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Tattooing among Iranian prisoners: results of the two national biobehavioral surveillance surveys in 2015-2016, [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2020 Background: Tattooing is among identified risk factor for blood-borne diseases. Objective: This study aims to determine the prevalence of tattooing during lifetime and in prisons and its related factors among Iranian prisoners. Methods: This is a cross-
Saeede Jafari +5 more
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Competitive advantage as a legitimacy-creating process [PDF]
, 2008 Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how small firms in the tattooing industry actively shape institutional expectations of value for consumers in a changing industry.
Grandy, Gina, Wicks, David
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