Melt granulation and pelletization

Handbook of Pharmaceutical Granulation Technology, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 385-406

  Wong, T W ^a   Cheong, W S ^b   Heng, P W S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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