Body piercing and tattoo: awareness of health related risks among 4,277 Italian secondary school adolescents

• Main Authors: Mazzoleni Francesco (Author), Benetton Mirca (Author), Bortolotto Melania (Author), Miatto Enrico (Author), Cegolon Luca (Author), Mastrangelo Giuseppe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The awareness of health risks associated with body art among secondary school pupils has never previously been studied in depth. A large sample of secondary school adolescents from the Veneto Region (North East Italy) were investigat...