Thanks, Ansa-- the article is very interesting.  I'd love to know more
about the emotional responses to the study.

For those who would prefer not to cut and paste, here is a live link to the
article. On the page that comes up there is a heading, "Related Articles on
the Web." Under that there is a link to "Google Scholar." Clicking on that
link brings up more articles.

Kathleen

http://www.plosone.org/article/related/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0000109;jsessionid=2A28BC2E8AADB3D51627F70498A3D72D

On 5 September 2012 02:53, Ansa Ojanlatva <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> hello,
>
> we published a paper on health and pets in 2006. The article generated the
> most international discussion here that year --as expressed by the
> university chancellor.  I was surprised by the emotions generated by the
> findings.
>
> The article may be read here:
>
> Koivusilta LK, Ojanlatva A. To Have or Not To Have a Pet for Better
> Health? PLoS ONE  2006;1(1): e109. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000109
> (PLOS ONE has open access)
>
> [In case someone may have a question about the study itself please forward
> it to Leena ([log in to unmask]). Thank you.]
>
> Ansa
>
>
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> Subject: PD and pets: homegrown questions
>
> Hello all,
>
> I've been noodling with Survey Monkey and created a questionnaire, with no
> other goal than to find out more about the role of pets in the lives of
> those with PD. (My interest grows out of my experience as a first-time dog
> owner.)
>
> The questionnaire is for all PWP, both pet owners and those without pets.
> It is anonymous—respondents do not supply their names.
>
> If any of you are game, I'd very much appreciate your completing this. It's
> short and you might find it enjoyable. My hope is to gather 100 responses.
> I'm going to give it a week or two and then post the results. Here is the
> link. Please feel free to forward to other PWPs!
>
> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YM7N5BP
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kathleen
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