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The Tattooed Male Patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

N. L. Gittleson  and
G. D. P. Wallen
N. L. Gittleson
Affiliation:
Middlewood Hospital, Sheffield S6 1TP
G. D. P. Wallen
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Whiteley Wood Clinic, Woofindin Road, Sheffield S10 3TL
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Extract

The incidence of tattooing is known to be high in certain selected groups.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 122 , Issue 568 , March 1973 , pp. 295 - 300
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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