Comparative investigations of tablet crushing force testers

Pharmazeutische Industrie

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-115

  Sonnergaard, Jørn M ^a   Jensen, Christina G ^a   Poulsen, Laerke ^a   Lokind, Kenneth B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Crushing force testers, accuracy, methodology, repeatability, reproducibility; Solid dosage forms; Tablets

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE; MAGNESIUM STEARATE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; TABLETTOSE 80;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSHING STRENGTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; TABLET FORMULATION; TABLET HARDNESS;

EID: 13244251461     PISSN: 0031711X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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