Blending and blend uniformity

Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms: Tablets, Third Edition: Volume 1: Unit Operations and Mechanical Properties

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 111-174

  Garcia, Thomas P ^a   Prescott, James K ^b  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b Jenike & Johanson Inc   (United States)

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