Spray pattern analysis for metered dose inhalers: Effect of actuator design

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1591-1596

  Smyth, Hugh ^a   Brace, Geoff ^b,f   Barbour, Tony ^f   Gallion, Jim ^c,f   Grove, Joe ^d,f   Hickey, Anthony J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Straightforward Solutions   (United States)

^c Tyco Healthcare   (United States)

^d AXON Corporation   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f Bespak Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator; Aerosol plume; Laser diffraction; pMDIs; Spray pattern

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FLUNISOLIDE; NORFLURANE; PROPELLANT;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DRUG FORMULATION; GEOMETRY; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENT; LASER DIFFRACTION; MEASUREMENT; METERED DOSE INHALER; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AEROSOL PROPELLANTS; AEROSOLS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; METERED DOSE INHALERS; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 33745620446     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: 1573904X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11095-006-0280-z     Document Type: Article

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