Effect of Petting a Dog on Immune System Function

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  Psychological Reports

• Publication date

  2004-12-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.2466/pr0.95.3f.1087-1091PMID 15762389
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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