Electrostatics in pharmaceutical aerosols for inhalation

Therapeutic Delivery

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 981-1002

  Wong, Jennifer ^a   Chan, Hak Kim ^a   Kwok, Philip Chi Lip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCIPIENT; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE;

AEROSOL; COMPUTER MODEL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; ELECTROSPRAY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METERED DOSE INHALER; NEBULIZER; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLID; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84881483444     PISSN: 20415990     EISSN: 20416008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/tde.13.70     Document Type: Review

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