A new approach to estimating shelf-life

Pharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-11

  Kiermeier, Andreas ^a   Jarrett, Richard G ^b   Verbyla, Arũnas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constraint; Modified profile likehood; Quantile; Shelf life; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG LABELING; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS MODEL; SAMPLE SIZE; SHELF LIFE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 10644277211     PISSN: 15391604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pst.78     Document Type: Article

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