Metered dose inhalers and spacer devices

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 159-169

  Terzano, C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Holding chamber; Inhalation technique; Metered dose inhaler; MMAD; Particle size; Propellants; Spacer device

Indexed keywords

1,1,1,2,3,3,3 HEPTAFLUOROPROPANE; BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; CLENIL FORTE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; CRYOFLUORANE; DICHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE; DICHLOROTETRAFLUOROMETHANE; FLUNISOLIDE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; FORMOTEROL FUMARATE; HEPTAFLUOROPROPANE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; NEDOCROMIL SODIUM; NISOLID; NORFLURANE; OXITROPIUM BROMIDE; PROCATEROL; PROPELLANT; PROPULM; SALBUTAMOL; SALMETEROL; SALMETEROL XINAFOATE; TRICHLOROFLUOROMETHANE; TRIFLUOROMONOFLUOROETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG FORMULATION; METERED DOSE INHALER; PARTICLE SIZE; TECHNIQUE;

AEROSOL PROPELLANTS; AEROSOLS; HUMAN; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS;

EID: 0033302807     PISSN: 0392291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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