Design of a device for simultaneous particle size and electrostatic charge measurement of inhalation drugs

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2488-2496

  Zhu, Kewu ^a   Ng, Wai Kiong ^a   Shen, Shoucang ^a   Tan, Reginald B H ^a,b   Heng, Paul W S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Aerosolization; Device; Electrostatic charge; Inhalation drug delivery

Indexed keywords

INHALAC 230; SALBUTAMOL SULFATE; SORBALAC 400; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AEROSOLS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PARTICLE SIZE; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 53849121240     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: 1573904X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11095-008-9660-x     Document Type: Article

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