Pet ownership is not associated with future health, a nine year prospective study in older Australians

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 139-142

  Simons, Leon A ^a   Simons, Judith ^a   McCallum, John ^b   Friedlander, Yechiel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

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EID: 0345271298     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2000.tb00166.x     Document Type: Article

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