Systematic study of factors affecting eye drop size and dosing variability

Pharmazie

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 917-921

  Šklubalová, Zdenka ^a   Zatloukal, Z ^a  

^a Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CORNEA; CZECH REPUBLIC; HUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALGORITHMS; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG PACKAGING; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; THIMEROSAL;

EID: 29244484464     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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