The effect of spacers on the delivery of metered dose aerosols of nedocromil sodium and disodium cromoglycate

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-91

  Chew, Nora Y K ^a   Chan, Hak Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Disodium cromoglycate; Metered dose inhalers; Nedocromil sodium; Spacers

Indexed keywords

CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; NEDOCROMIL SODIUM;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; METERED DOSE INHALER; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034712821     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(00)00352-5     Document Type: Article

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