Minitabletting: Improving the compactability of paracetamol powder mixtures

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 173, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 75-85

  Lennartz, P ^a   Mielck, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capacity; Capping; Compactability; Minitablets; Paracetamol

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TABLET; TABLET COMPRESSION;

EID: 0032426382     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(98)00206-3     Document Type: Article

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