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Direct Pelletization in a Rotary Processor Controlled by Torque Measurements. I. Influence of Process Variables

Jakob Kristensen Department of Pharmaceutics, The Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Pharmaceutics, The Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Universitetsparken 2, Copenhagen East, DK-2100, Denmark
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Torben Schæfer Department of Pharmaceutics, The Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Peter Kleinebudde Institute of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Pages 247-256 | Received 15 Feb 1999, Accepted 30 Sep 1999, Published online: 19 Apr 2000

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