Clinical trials involving cats: What factors affect owner participation?

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 727-735

  Gruen, Margaret E ^a   Jiamachello, Katrina N ^a   Thomson, Andrea ^a   Lascelles, B Duncan X ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CAT; CAT DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; VETERINARIAN; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; VETERINARIANS;

EID: 84910052793     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: 15322750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098612X14539499     Document Type: Article

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