Cross-cultural comparison of student attitudes toward snakes

Society and Animals

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 224-240

  Prokop, Pavol ^a,b   Özel, Murat ^c   Uşak, Muhammet ^d  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Animals; Attitudes; Keeping pets; Myths; Snakes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 71049190397     PISSN: 10631119     EISSN: 15685306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853009X445398     Document Type: Article

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