Lack of medication dose uniformity in commonly split tablets

Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association (Washington, D.C. : 1996)

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 195-199

  Teng, Jaja ^a   Song, Clara K ^a   Williams, Roger L ^b   Polli, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; STANDARD; TABLET;

DRUG COMPOUNDING; HUMANS; PHARMACOPOEIAS; TABLETS;

EID: 0036512977     PISSN: 10865802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/108658002763508489     Document Type: Article

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