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Filtration of Glass Delamination Particles with West Pharmaceutical Vial Adapters

Elinor H. Zarour-Shalev, Yaron Ovadia, Oren Tuchmay, Graham Reynolds and Nimrod Lev
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology November 2015, 69 (6) 669-676; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2015.01076
Elinor H. Zarour-Shalev
1West Pharmaceutical Services, Ra'anana, Israel; and
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1West Pharmaceutical Services, Ra'anana, Israel; and
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Oren Tuchmay
1West Pharmaceutical Services, Ra'anana, Israel; and
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Graham Reynolds
2West Pharmaceutical Services, Exton, PA, USA
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