Effect of γ-dose rate and total dose interrelation on the polymeric hydrogel: A novel injectable male contraceptive

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 663-671

  Jha, Pradeep K ^a,b   Jha, Rakhi ^a,c   Gupta, B L ^d   Guha, Sujoy K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b DR A P J ABDUL KALAM TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CH CHARAN SINGH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d NONE   (India)

Author keywords

dose rate; FESEM; FTIR; MALDI TOF; Polymeric hydrogel; RISUG ; Total dose

Indexed keywords

DOSE RATE; FTIR; MALDI-TOF; POLYMERIC HYDROGELS; TOTAL DOSE;

DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGELS; INFRARED LASERS; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLVENTS; STYRENE;

DRUG DOSAGE;

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; RISUG; STYRENE MALEIC ANHYDRIDE COPOLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAMMA RADIATION; HYDROGEL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; RADIATION DOSE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 77049112492     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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