Effective animal-intervention for long term care residents

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-45

  Kogan, Lori R ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal assisted therapy; Elderly; Human animal bond; Long term care facilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010112123     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J016v25n01_03     Document Type: Article

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