Tablet splitting and weight uniformity of half-tablets of 4 medications in pharmacy practice

Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 471-476

  Tahaineh, Linda M ^a   Gharaibeh, Shadi F ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

pharmacy practice; tablet splitting; weight uniformity

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISOLONE; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; JORDAN; SCORING SYSTEM; TABLET FORMULATION; TABLET HARDNESS; TABLET SPLITTING; WEIGHT;

EID: 84865259360     PISSN: 08971900     EISSN: 15311937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0897190012442716     Document Type: Article

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