Does owning a pet protect older people against loneliness?

BACKGROUND: Pet ownership is thought to make a positive contribution to health, health behaviours and the general well-being of older people. More specifically pet ownership is often proposed as a solution to the problem of loneliness in later life and specific ‘pet based’ interventions have been de...

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Autores principales: Pikhartova, Jitka, Bowling, Ann, Victor, Christina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4182770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25240250
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-106

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4182770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25240250
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-106

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