Pet ownership may be a factor in improved health of the elderly

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 15-31

  Dembicki, Diane ^a   Anderson, Jennifer ^a  

^a Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE;

EID: 0030332609     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J052v15n03_02     Document Type: Article

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