The pet connection: Pets as a conduit for social capital?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1159-1173

  Wood, Lisa ^a   Giles Corti, Billie ^a   Bulsara, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Community; Health; Pets; Sense of community; Social capital

Indexed keywords

LIFESTYLE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSE OF PLACE; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ADULT; ANIMAL CARE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 20444498110     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.01.017     Document Type: Article

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