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Association of Dog and Cat Ownership with Incident Frailty among Community-Dwelling Elderly Japanese

Accumulating evidence from studies of human–animal interaction highlights the physiological, psychological, and social benefits for older owners of dogs and cats. This longitudinal study examined whether experience of dog/cat ownership protects against incident frailty in a population of community-d...

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Autores principales: Taniguchi, Yu, Seino, Satoshi, Nishi, Mariko, Tomine, Yui, Tanaka, Izumi, Yokoyama, Yuri, Ikeuchi, Tomoko, Kitamura, Akihiko, Shinkai, Shoji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6901519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31819092
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54955-9