Companion animals and persons with dementia of the Alzheimer's type: Therapeutic possibilities

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-51

  Baun, Mara M ^a   McCabe, Barbara W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DAT staging system; Dementia Alzheimer's type (DAT); Human companion animal bond

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042326126     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764203255211     Document Type: Review

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