Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 14-19 , January 2001

Tattoos: Counseling the adolescent

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☆ Deborah Parks is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston and a DSN candidate at University of Texas School of Nursing in Houston.

☆☆ Reprint requests: Diane F. Montgomery, MSN, RN, CPNP, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Nurse Practitioners, 6431 Fannin, MSB 3.140, Houston, TX 77030.

★ J Pediatr Health Care. (2001). 15, 14-19

PII: S0891-5245(01)94495-5

doi: 10.1067/mph.2001.109029

Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 14-19 , January 2001

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