Owner-perceived, weighted quality-of-life assessments in dogs with spinal cord injuries

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 233, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 931-935

  Levine, Jonathan M ^a   Budke, Christine M ^a   Levine, Gwendolyn J ^a   Kerwin, Sharon C ^a   Hettlich, Bianca F ^a   Slater, Margaret R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIME;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OWNERSHIP; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 53049100751     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.233.6.931     Document Type: Article

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