Administration of aerosolized drugs to infants by a hood: A three-dimensional numerical study

Journal of Aerosol Medicine: Deposition, Clearance, and Effects in the Lung

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 533-542

  Shakked, Tal ^a   Broday, David M ^a,b   Katoshevski, David ^a   Amirav, Israel ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c Rebecca Sieff Government Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aerosol therapy; Breathing function; Nebulizer

Indexed keywords

DRUG CARRIER;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GAS; HEAD; HUMAN; INFANT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUTH BREATHING; NEBULIZER; NOSE BREATHING; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TILTING; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

AEROSOLS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFANT; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS;

EID: 33846058972     PISSN: 08942684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jam.2006.19.533     Document Type: Article

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