Mechanistic aspects of iontophoresis in human epidermal membrane

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 13-23

  Higuchi, William I ^a   Li, S Kevin ^a   Ghanem, Abdel Halim ^a   Zhu, Honggang ^a   Song, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroosmosis; Electroporation; Human epidermal membrane iontophoresis; Nernst Planck model; Pore charge; Pore induction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG TRANSPORT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROOSMOSIS; ELECTROPORATION; EPIDERMIS; IONTOPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; LINEAR MODELS; MEMBRANES; POROSITY;

EID: 0032852720     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-3659(99)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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