Evidence that dog ownership protects against the onset of disability in an older community-dwelling Japanese population

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the association between dog and cat ownership, the onset of disability and all-cause mortality in an older population. Dog and cat owners take more regular exercise and have closer social relationships than non-owners. We further assess the beneficial effects of these...

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Autores principales: Taniguchi, Yu, Seino, Satoshi, Headey, Bruce, Hata, Toshiki, Ikeuchi, Tomoko, Abe, Takumi, Shinkai, Shoji, Kitamura, Akihiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8865647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35196354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263791

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8865647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35196354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263791

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