Regulation of biodegradability and drug release behavior of aliphatic polyesters by blending

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 528-535

  Shen, Youqing ^a,b   Sun, Weilin ^a   Zhu, K J ^a   Shen, Zhiquan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodegradability; Blending; Controlled release; Polyesters

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC AMINE; COPOLYMER; NORETHISTERONE; POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG RELEASE; HYDROLYSIS; POLYMERIZATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DRUG CARRIERS; KINETICS; NORETHINDRONE; POLYESTERS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0033999773     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(20000615)50:4<528::AID-JBM8>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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