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Pet Ownership and Maintenance of Physical Function in Older Adults—Evidence From the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Pet ownership or human–animal interaction has been associated with better health outcomes in individuals with disease or disability. We hypothesized that pet ownership, as well as dog ownership and cat ownership separately, are associated with maintaining physical function...

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Autores principales: Friedmann, Erika, Gee, Nancy R, Simonsick, Eleanor M, Barr, Erik, Resnick, Barbara, Werthman, Emily, Adesanya, Ikmat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10006577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36915903
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac080