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. 1992 Jul-Aug;7(4):385-7.
doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1992.tb01004.x.

Tattooing and hepatitis B infection

V J Sebastian  1 , S Ray, S Bhattacharya, O T Maung, H A Saini, H J Jalani
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Tattooing and hepatitis B infection

V J Sebastian et al. 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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