Measurement of pharmaceutical particles using a time-of-flight particle sizer

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-98

  Laitinen, Niklas ^a   Juppo, Anne Mari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerosizer; Deagglomeration; Particle size; Pharmaceutical particle; Shear force; Time of flight

Indexed keywords

CELPHERE; DRUG; LACTOSE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POVIDONE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; INSTRUMENT; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHARMACEUTICS; SHEAR STRESS; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037243610     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0939-6411(02)00139-X     Document Type: Article

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