Health benefits of animal-assisted interventions

Complementary Health Practice Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-62

  Morrison, Michele L ^a  

^a WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative therapies; Animal assisted intervention; Animal assisted therapy; Health benefits; Pet therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 69049120595     PISSN: 15332101     EISSN: 15523845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533210107302397     Document Type: Article

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