The rationale of scored tablets as dosage form

European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 305-308

  Rodenhuis, Nienke ^a   De Smet, Peter A G M ^b,c   Barends, Dirk M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Scientific Institute of Dutch Pharmacists (WINAp)   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breaking; Drug utilisation; Patients; Score line; Scored tablet; Subdivision; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG FORMULATION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARKET; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SWALLOWING; TABLET FORMULATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0742287065     PISSN: 09280987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2003.10.018     Document Type: Article

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