The characterization of the mechanical strength of chewable tablets

Pharmaceutical Development and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 509-515

  Ambros, Montserrat Corderroura ^a   Podczeck, Fridrun ^a   Podczeck, Harald ^b   Newton, John Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Dental Surgery Schwarzheide   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chewable tablets; Diametral compression test; Flexure test; Tensile strength; Weibull modulus

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEWABLE TABLET; COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOOTH;

EID: 0031739444     PISSN: 10837450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10837459809028633     Document Type: Article

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