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Table 1.

Search Strategy^a

Search syntax for electronic databases
Key terms: (dog or dog walking or dog ownership or canine or pet or pet ownership or companion animal or human animal interaction) AND (walk^* or physical activity or leisure-time physical activity or leisure-time exercise or physical fitness or health^* or human health)
Study designs: (intervention)^* or controlled clinical trial or evaluation studies or process evaluation or evaluation^* or randomized controlled trial or random allocation or non randomized or nonrandomized or nonrandomized or pseudo randomized or quasi experimental or pseudo experimental or experiment^* or cross-sectional study or comparative studies or comparison^* or controlled before and after study or uncontrolled before and after study or cohort study or cohort studies NOT (reviews or reports or case reports or qualitative studies)
Search restrictions: Age: 18–100 years. Subjects: human subjects only. Language: English only. Publication dates: January 1990–May 2012.

Electronic databases searched: Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest), PubMed, Medline (OVID), PsycInfo (OVID), CAB Abstracts (OVID), Web of Science.

Search terms expanded.