The Benefits of Guide Dog Ownership

Visual Impairment Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-42

  Whitmarsh, L ^a  

^a The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assistance animals; Guide dogs; rehabilitation outcomes research

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016467626     PISSN: 1388235X     EISSN: 17445167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13882350590956439     Document Type: Article

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