Evaluation of probability density functions to approximate particle size distributions of representative pharmaceutical aerosols

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 813-831

  Dunbar, Craig A ^a   Hickey, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; DRUG PRODUCTS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

DRY POWDER INHALER (DPI); NASAL SPRAY; NEBULIZER; PHARMACEUTICAL AEROSOLS; PRESSURIZED METERED DOSE INHALER (PMDI);

AEROSOLS;

NOSE SPRAY;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CURVE FITTING; DRY POWDER; INHALER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METERED DOSE INHALER; NEBULIZER; PARTICLE SIZE; PHARMACEUTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034093636     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-8502(99)00557-1     Document Type: Article

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