Safer tattooing interventions in prisons: a systematic review and call to action

Abstract Background Worldwide more than ten million people are detained at any given time. Between 5 and 60% of people experiencing incarceration report receipt of a tattoo in prison – mostly clandestine, which is associated with risks of blood-borne infections (BBIs). Although safer tattooing techn...

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Main Authors: Nguyen Toan Tran, Célestine Dubost, Stéphanie Baggio, Laurent Gétaz, Hans Wolff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-018-5867-x