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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...
Autores principales: | Pikhartova, Jitka, Bowling, Ann, Victor, Christina |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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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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