Animal-Assisted Activity: Effects of a Complementary Intervention Program on Psychological and Physiological Variables

Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 211-215

  Nepps, Peggy ^a   Stewart, Charles N ^b   Bruckno, Stephen R ^c  

^a LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

animal assisted intervention; animal assisted therapy; anthrozoology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901633407     PISSN: 21565872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2156587214533570     Document Type: Article

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