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R M Dannenfelser1, S H Yalkowsky

  • 1Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation, 59 Route 10, East Hanover, New Jersey 07936, USA. rosemary.dannenfelser@novartis.com

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
|July 7, 1999
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