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Body piercing placement and its impact in the employment setting

Elżbieta Rębiś
1
,
Daria Rębiś
2

  1. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Collegium Medicum, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland
  2. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland
Medical Studies 2026; 42 (1): 60–65
Online publish date: 2026/04/20
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