To have or not to have a pet for better health?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Koivusilta, Leena K ^a   Ojanlatva, Ansa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU CITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PET ANIMAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; ANIMAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FINLAND; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBJECT RELATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BODY MASS INDEX; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOGS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54949104320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000109     Document Type: Article

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