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Sources

• FDA/CFSAN: Tattoos and Permanent Make-Up
  http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-204.html
• Tattoo knowledge base
  http://www.tattooinfo.net/Scripts/default.asp
• Mayo Clinic: Tattoos and Piercings
  http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=MC00020
• Samoa: Tattoos
  http://www.samoa.co.uk/tattoos.html
• U.S. Centers for Disease Control: CDC's Position on Tattooing and HCV Infection
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/c/tattoo.htm
• The Vault: Tat Tactics: What Companies think of Your Tattoos
  http://www.thevault.com/nr/main_article_detail.jsp?article_id=5326114&ht_type=5
• Scripps Howard News Service: A Marked Divide
  http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=TATTOO-POLL-07-22-03