Monte Carlo simulations for the study of drug release from matrices with high and low diffusivity areas

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 343, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 166-172

  Kosmidis, Kosmas ^a   Macheras, Panos ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Controlled release; Diffusion; Monte Carlo simulations; Weibull model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG RELEASE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEILBULL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 34548273198     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2007.05.021     Document Type: Article

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