The application of water activity measurement to the microbiological attributes testing of nonsterile over-the-counter drug products

Pharmacopeial Forum

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 6087-6088

  Friedel, Robert R ^a   Cundell, Anthony M ^a,b  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b Wyeth Ayerst Pharmaceuticall   (United States)

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