Health benefits of companion animals in relation to the physiologic indices of relaxation

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 16-23

  Bergstrom, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Lincoln Counseling and Enrichment Associates ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; OBJECT RELATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELAXATION TRAINING;

BONDING, HUMAN-PET; HUMAN; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0025983554     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004650-199101000-00006     Document Type: Article

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