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Pet Ownership Patterns and Successful Aging Outcomes in Community Dwelling Older Adults

By E. Friedmann, N. R. Gee, E. M. Simonsick, S. Studenski, B. Resnick, E. Barr, M. Kitner-Triolo, A. Hackney

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Publication Title Front Vet Sci
Volume 7
Pages 293
ISBN/ISSN 2297-1769 (Print)2297-1769
DOI 10.3389/fvets.2020.00293
Language eng
Author Address Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, United States.Center for Human Animal Interaction, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, United States.
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  1. Aging
  2. Functional status
  3. Human-animal interactions
  4. Pet ownership
  5. Quality of life
  6. Well-being