doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1992.tb01004.x.
Tattooing and hepatitis B infection
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- DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1992.tb01004.x
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Tattooing and hepatitis B infection
J Gastroenterol Hepatol.
1992 Jul-Aug.
Abstract
To determine the prevalence of HBV carrier status in tattooed persons, 200 healthy, tattooed volunteers and 200 non-tattooed volunteers to match the first group for age, sex and ethnic group were screened. Prevalence of HBsAg in tattooed and non-tattooed volunteers was 19.5 and 9% respectively, which was a statistically significant difference (P less than 0.01). There was no difference in the prevalence in various age groups, ethnic groups, or sex, between the two groups.
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