Dog and cat ownership among suicides and matched controls.
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Cat and dog ownership and management patterns in central Italy.
Three hundred and ninety-seven randomly selected households were interviewed by telephone to determine the numbers and management of owned cats and dogs in the Teramo Province of Italy. The households were selected using stratified random sampling for each municipality; municipalities were combined into coastal, central hills and mountain regions for analysis. The interviews were completed duri...
متن کاملEffect of cat and dog ownership on sensitization and development of asthma among preteenage children.
An inverse relationship has been proposed between exposure to high quantities of cat allergen at home and both asthma and cat allergy. First- and second-grade children from Luleå, Kiruna, and Piteå, Sweden participated in an asthma questionnaire study (n = 3,431) and incidence was evaluated over the next 3 years. Skin testing was performed on the children in Luleå and Kiruna (n = 2,149). The st...
متن کاملCat or Dog Ownership and Seroprevalence of Ehrlichiosis, Q Fever, and Cat-Scratch Disease
K pet cats and dogs is very popular in Austria. However, these animals can serve as reservoirs for the agents of important bacterial infectious diseases and as a potential source of infection for humans, even though the infectious animals may be asymptomatic. Infections are potentially transmitted from domestic animals to humans by scratches, bites, or close contact. Examples for such infection...
متن کاملDog ownership and health-related physical activity among Japanese adults.
BACKGROUND Dog ownership appears to have associated health benefits as a result of increased physical activity through dog walking. This study examined the association between dog ownership and health-related physical activity among Japanese adults. METHODS Male and female respondents to an Internet-based cross-sectional survey were divided into the following groups: dog owner (DOG), nondog p...
متن کاملDog ownership, dog walking, and leisure-time walking among Taiwanese metropolitan and nonmetropolitan older adults
BACKGROUND This study examined the prevalence of dog ownership and dog walking and its association with leisure-time walking among metropolitan and nonmetropolitan older adults. METHODS A telephone-based cross-sectional survey targeting Taiwanese older adults was conducted in November 2016. Data related to dog ownership, time spent dog walking (categorized as non-dog owner, non-dog walkers, a...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.75.10.1223