Background: In recent years, Italy has seen a constant upward trend in the practice of tattooing. The Italian National Health Institute has conducted a national survey to determine the prevalence of tattooed people in Italy and to study related features of the phenomenon.
Aim: Establish the prevalence and characteristics of the tattooed population and evaluate awareness of the risks associated with tattoos, which can contribute to consumer health protection.
Ann Ist Super Sanita
August 2018
J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci
August 2008
A new LC-MS/MS method for the separation, identification and quantification of residues of 17alpha-estradiol (17alpha-E2) and 17beta-estradiol (17beta-E2) in bovine serum is reported. Deuterium-labelled 17beta-estradiol was used as internal standard. The method was in-house validated in accordance with European Union criteria and adopted in a proficiency study organised by the Community Reference Laboratory (CRL-RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands).
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