Animals in the Lives of Children

Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy: Theoretical Foundations and Guidelines for Practice, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 207-226

  Melson, Gail F ^a   Fine, Aubrey H ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012369484-3/50017-7     Document Type: Chapter

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