Determining factors for successful adoption of dogs from an animal shelter

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 478-482

  Posage, J Michelle ^a,b   Bartlett, Paul C ^a   Thomas, Daniel K ^a,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Animal Hospital of Nashua   (United States)

^c Eastside Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOG; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOPTION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032528673     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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