Pet ownership and risk factors for cardivascular disease: another look

Parslow, Ruth; Jorm, Anthony F

Pet ownership and risk factors for cardivascular disease: another look

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2003

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Parslow, Ruth

Jorm, Anthony F

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Australasian Medical Association

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Objective: To test the claim that pet ownership reduces cardiovascular risk. Design: Community survey. Participants: 2528 adults aged 40-44 years and 2551 aged 60-64 years who lived in the Australian Capital Territory and Queanbeyan, New South Wales, and

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Keywords: adult; age; alcohol consumption; article; Australia; blood pressure measurement; body mass; cardiovascular disease; cardiovascular risk; cigarette smoking; controlled study; demography; diastolic blood pressure; disease control; domestic animal; health ha

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/76774

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Medical Journal of Australia

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