The influence of a stuffed and live animal on communication in a female with Alzheimer's dementia

Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-71

  Curtright, Angela ^a   Turner, Greg S ^b  

^a Speech Language Pathology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY; ANIMAL USE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH;

EID: 0036525430     PISSN: 10651438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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