Pharmaceutical calculations /

Zatz, Joel L.

Pharmaceutical calculations / Joel L. Zatz - Third edition. - New York : John Wiley & Son, Inc., c1995 - vii, 354 pages ; 25 cm.

Includes index.

Some Basics -- Units and Conversion -- Other Examples of Conversion -- Formulas: The Prescription -- Dosage -- Percentage Strength -- Ratio Strength and Stock Preparations -- Dilution and Concentration -- Milliequivalents -- Osmols and Osmolarity -- Isoosmotic Solutions -- Parenteral Nutrition -- Radioactive Decay -- Rate Laws and Shelf Life

This revised and updated text offers practical approaches to the filling of prescriptions. New chapters covering osmols and osmolarity, iso-osmotic solutions, parenteral nutrition, radioactive decay, rate laws and shelf-life have been added.

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PHARMACEUTICAL ARITHMETIC

RS 57 .Z37 1995