Insight into pressure drop dependent efficiencies of dry powder inhalers

European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 142-148

  Behara, Srinivas Ravindra Babu ^a   Larson, Ian ^a   Kippax, Paul ^b   Stewart, Peter ^a   Morton, David A V ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MALVERN INSTRUMENTS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inhaler device; Laser diffraction; Particle sizing; Powder aerosol; Pressure drop; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

LACTOHALE 300; LACTOSE; SALBUTAMOL SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; AIRFLOW; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG CAPSULE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; LASER DIFFRACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER INHALER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROSOLS; ALBUTEROL; CAPSULES; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRY POWDER INHALERS; EFFICIENCY; LACTOSE; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDERS; PRESSURE;

EID: 84859429694     PISSN: 09280987     EISSN: 18790720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2012.02.019     Document Type: Article

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