Assessing the combinatorial influence of climate, formulation and device on powder aerosolization using the Taguchi experimental design

Powder Technology

Volumn 226, Issue , 2012, Pages 253-260

  Heng, Desmond ^a   Lee, Sie Huey ^a   Kwek, Jin Wang ^a   Ng, Wai Kiong ^a   Chan, Hak Kim ^b   Tan, Reginald B H ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Air flow; Carrier particles; Climate; Dry powder inhalers; Taguchi experimental design

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; CARRIER PARTICLES; CLIMATE; DRY POWDER INHALER; TAGUCHI EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN;

AEROSOLS; AIR; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DISPERSIONS; STATISTICS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

DRUG CARRIER; LACTOSE; MANNITOL; SALBUTAMOL SULFATE; SORBITOL;

AEROSOL; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG CAPSULE RETENTION; DRUG DEVICE RETENTION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG RETENTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FINE PARTICLE FRACTION; HUMIDITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POWDER INHALER; TAGUCHI EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; TEMPERATURE; THROAT;

EID: 84861847755     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2012.04.056     Document Type: Article

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