Dog‐assisted therapy for older people with dementia: A review

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Australasian Journal on Ageing

• Publication date

  2008-12-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2008.00317.xPMID 19032618
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