Pet ownership and the reliability of the Companion Animal Bonding Scale among participants of the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study

Anthrozoos

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-9

  Angulo, Frederick J ^a   Siegel, Judith M ^b   Detels, Roger ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0030514532     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/089279396787001653     Document Type: Review

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