Dog ownership and the risk of cardiovascular disease and death - A nationwide cohort study

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Mubanga, Mwenya ^a   Byberg, Liisa ^a   Nowak, Christoph ^a,b   Egenvall, Agneta ^c   Magnusson, Patrik K ^b   Ingelsson, Erik ^a,d   Fall, Tove ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; TWINS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OWNERSHIP; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TWINS;

EID: 85034602730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16118-6     Document Type: Article

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