Spouses and cats and their effects on human mood

Anthrozoos

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 213-228

  Turner, Dennis C ^a,d   Rieger, Gerulf ^b   Gygax, Lorenz ^c  

^a Inst Appl Ethology Anim Psychol   (Switzerland)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^d IEAP   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attachment; Cats; Gender; Human mood; Marital status

Indexed keywords

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 1842764795     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/089279303786992143     Document Type: Article

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