Tablet lubrication: Problems and perspectives

Pharmaceutical Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 40-46

  Velasco, M Victoria ^a   Rajabi Siahboomi, Ali R ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STABILITY; LUBRICATION; POROSITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; TABLET FORMULATION;

EID: 0031770634     PISSN: 01478087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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