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Cardiovascular reactivity and the presence of pets, friends, and spouses: The truth about cats and dogs

By Karen Allen, Jim Blascovich, Wendy B. Mendes

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Category Journal Articles
Date 2002
Publication Title Psychosomatic Medicine
Volume 64
Issue 5
Pages 727-739
ISBN/ISSN 00333174
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  • Allen, Karen; Blascovich, Jim; Mendes, Wendy B. (2013), "Cardiovascular reactivity and the presence of pets, friends, and spouses: The truth about cats and dogs," https://habricentral.org/resources/39425.

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  1. Adults
  2. Animals
  3. Blood Pressure
  4. Body mass
  5. Cats
  6. Cognition
  7. Dogs
  8. Domestic animals
  9. Heart rate
  10. Hormones
  11. Humans
  12. Hypertension
  13. Interpersonal relations
  14. Marriage
  15. peer-reviewed
  16. Psychological stress
  17. Questionnaires
  18. Random Allocation
  19. Severity
  20. social support
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