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Two Techniques to Make Swallowing Pills Easier

Julia T. Schiele, Hendrik Schneider, Renate Quinzler, Gabriele Reich and Walter E. Haefeli
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2014, 12 (6) 550-552; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1693
Julia T. Schiele
1Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Hendrik Schneider
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Renate Quinzler
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Gabriele Reich
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Walter E. Haefeli
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vol. 12 no. 6 550-552
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1693
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25384817

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1544-1709
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1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication December 27, 2013
  • Revision received June 22, 2014
  • Accepted for publication July 3, 2014
  • Published online November 10, 2014.

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  1. Julia T. Schiele, PhD1,
  2. Hendrik Schneider, PhD2,
  3. Renate Quinzler, PhD1,
  4. Gabriele Reich, PhD2 and
  5. Walter E. Haefeli, MD1⇑
  1. 1Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
  2. 2Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Walter E. Haefeli, MD, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany, walter.emil.haefeli{at}med.uni-heidelberg.de
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