Comparison of the performance of two sample thieves for the determination of the content uniformity of a powder blend

Pharmaceutical Development and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-12

  Garcia, Thomas P ^a   Taylor, Michael K ^a   Pande, Girish S ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Content uniformity; Grain thief; Plug thief; Pocket thief; Powder sampling; Slit thief

Indexed keywords

MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG MIXTURE; ENCAPSULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TABLET COMPRESSION; TABLET MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0031746815     PISSN: 10837450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10837459809028474     Document Type: Article

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