Singly living people and their cats: A study of human mood and subsequent behavior

Anthrozoos

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 38-46

  Turner, Dennis C ^a,b,c   Rieger, Gerulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Inst Appl Ethology Anim Psychol   (Switzerland)

^c IEAP   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0035646417     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/089279301786999652     Document Type: Article

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