Personality characteristics of dog and cat persons

Anthrozoos

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-40

  Perrine, Rose M ^a   Osbourne, Hannah L ^a  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0032380132     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/089279398787000904     Document Type: Article

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