Optimizing microneedle arrays to increase skin permeability for transdermal drug delivery

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1161, Issue , 2009, Pages 83-94

  Al Qallaf, Barrak ^a   Das, Diganta Bhusan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Mass transfer; Mathematical modeling; Microneedle arrays; Optimization; Transdermal drug delivery

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG PENETRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEEDLE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TRANSDERMAL PATCH;

EID: 65249152512     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04083.x     Document Type: Article

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