Pet ownership, dog types and attachment to pets in 9-10 year old children in Liverpool, UK

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Westgarth, Carri ^a   Boddy, Lynne M ^b   Stratton, Gareth ^c   German, Alexander J ^a   Gaskell, Rosalind M ^a   Coyne, Karen P ^a   Bundred, Peter ^a   McCune, Sandra ^d   Dawson, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DOG; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DOGS; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OWNERSHIP; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84877609234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-102     Document Type: Article

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