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1Department of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia.
Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis
|January 1, 1987
Abstract:
A review is presented of the underlying principles and experimental techniques used for the study of the photochemical degradation of pharmaceuticals. Examples are given to illustrate their application.
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