The delivery of particulate vaccines and drugs to human skin with a practical, hand-held shock tube-based system

Shock Waves

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-30

  Kendall, M A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biolistics; Drugs; Gas particle dynamics; Particle acceleration; Shock tube; Shock waves; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036666634     PISSN: 09381287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001930200126     Document Type: Article

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