A.2.4.2 Date of search

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A.2.4.2 Date of search

This date is used to help determine whether a review has been updated, and to inform the date on which the review is assessed as being up to date. It will not be published in the CDSR..

See also

Specific criteria for specifying the date of search appear in Chapter 3 (Section 3.3.3).
Search methods are discussed in detail in Chapter 6 (Section 6.3).