Tmax: An unconfounded metric for rate of absorption in single dose bioequivalence studies

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 324-328

  Basson, Rodney P ^a   Cerimele, Benito J ^a   DeSante, Karl A ^a   Howey, Daniel C ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption rate; Bioequivalence; Discrete count variable; Poisson distribution; Tmax

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOEQUIVALENCE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG FORMULATION; ENCAPSULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; MALE; PHARMACOKINETICS; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCY;

EID: 0030060434     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016019904520     Document Type: Article

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