Plastic bottles as spacers for a pressurized metered-dose inhaler: In vitro characteristics

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 189-193

  Kissoon, N ^a   Teelucksingh, S ^a   Blake, K V ^a   Kesser, B ^a   Murphy, S P ^a   Geller, D ^a  

^a WOLFSON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALBUTAMOL;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; METERED DOSE INHALER; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTIC BOTTLE; PROBABILITY; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ASTHMA; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTICS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0035184211     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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