The use of osmometry as a means of determining changes in drug concentration during jet nebulization

Journal of Aerosol Medicine: Deposition, Clearance, and Effects in the Lung

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 89-100

  Kwong, Elizabeth ^a   Macneish, Clair F ^b   Meisner, Dale ^b   Kelemen, Susan ^a   Vadas, Elizabeth B ^a   Coates, Allan L ^b,c  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c MERCK FROSST CENTRE FOR THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Albuterol; Cystic fibrosis; Nebulization; Tobramycin

Indexed keywords

SALBUTAMOL; TOBRAMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN SULFATE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG UPTAKE; MEDICAL NEBULIZER; NEBULIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0031863660     PISSN: 08942684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jam.1998.11.89     Document Type: Article

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