Pharmaceutical Nanosystems: Manufacture, Characterization, and Safety

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Handbook: Production and Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1289-1325

  Chowdhury, D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microfabrication techniques and oral drug delivery systems; Nanoparticle skin permeation; Pharmaceutical nanosystems

Indexed keywords

EID: 76949104053     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470259818.ch33     Document Type: Chapter

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