Child-companion animal attachment bonds in single and two-parent families

Anthrozoos

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 216-223

  Bodsworth, Wendie ^a   Coleman, G J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0035737320     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/089279301786999391     Document Type: Article

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