The role of capsule on the performance of a dry powder inhaler using computational and experimental analyses

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 923-932

  Coates, Matthew S ^a,b   Fletcher, David F ^a   Chan, Hak Kim ^b   Raper, Judy A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Computational fluid dynamics; DPI; Dry powder aerosols; Inhalation drug delivery

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSION; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRY POWDER; DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; INHALER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROAT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AEROSOLS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PHOTOGRAPHY; POWDERS;

EID: 21244438369     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11095-005-4587-y     Document Type: Article

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