Companion Animals and the Development of Children: Implications of the Biophilia Hypothesis

Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 375-383

  Melson, Gail F ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012369484-3/50019-0     Document Type: Chapter

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