Agglomerate strength and dispersion of pharmaceutical powders

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 285-294

  Adi, Santoso ^a   Adi, Handoko ^a   Chan, Hak Kim ^a   Finlay, Warren H ^b   Tong, Zhenbo ^c   Yang, Runyu ^c   Yu, Aibing ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Agglomerate strength; Dry powder inhalation; Mannitol; Storage humidity

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; POLYOLS;

AEROSOL PERFORMANCE; AGGLOMERATE STRENGTH; DISPERSION PERFORMANCE; DRY POWDER INHALATIONS; DRY POWDER INHALER; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MANNITOL; PHARMACEUTICAL POWDER;

AEROSOLS;

DRUG ADDITIVE; MANNITOL;

AEROSOL; DISPERSION; DRUG; FLOW PATTERN; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRY POWDER; FLOW RATE; HUMIDITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIQUID; MACHINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRENGTH;

EID: 79951952677     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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