Comparing activation and recoil forces generated by epinephrine autoinjectors and their training devices

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Jacobsen, Ryan C ^a   Guess, Trent M ^b   Burks, A Wesley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ACTIVATION FORCE; BALLISTICS; EPINEPHRINE AUTOINJECTOR; FORCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LETTER; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; MEDICAL DEVICE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION FORCE;

EID: 84859156776     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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