Easyhaler®, a novel multidose powder inhaler - Comparison with metered dose inhaler

Drugs of Today

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 353-363

  Silvasti, Matti ^a,d   Sormunen, Harri ^b   Laurikainen, Kari ^a   Lähelmä, Satu ^a   Toivanen, Petri ^c  

^a Clinical Research   (Finland)

^b Pharmaceutical Department   (Finland)

^c U of Biostatist and Data Mgmt   (Finland)

^d ORION CORPORATION   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; SALBUTAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASTHMA; BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG; REVIEW;

EID: 0029811128     PISSN: 16993993     EISSN: 16994019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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