Determination of water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) of HDPE bottles for pharmaceutical products

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 358, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 137-143

  Chen, Yisheng ^a   Li, Yanxia ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

HDPE bottles; Permeation; Steady state; WVTR

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; DESICCANT; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CONTAINER; DRUG PACKAGING; HUMIDITY; METHODOLOGY; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR TRANSMISSION RATE;

ALGORITHMS; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; DRUG PACKAGING; EXCIPIENTS; HUMIDITY; PERMEABILITY; POLYETHYLENES; WATER;

EID: 44449135381     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2008.02.031     Document Type: Article

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