Diffusion of small molecular weight drugs in radiation-crosslinked poly(ethylene oxide) hydrogels

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-202

  Stringer, Jennifer L ^a,b   Peppas, Nikolaos A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kimberly Clark Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Hydrogels; Mesh size; Partition; Poly(ethylene oxide)

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG TRANSPORT; HYDROGEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHARMACEUTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030296257     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-3659(96)01457-5     Document Type: Article

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