The effects of suspension particle size on the performance of air-jet, ultrasonic and vibrating-mesh nebulisers

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 461, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 234-241

  Najlah, Mohammad ^a   Parveen, Ishrat ^b   Alhnan, Mohamed Albed ^b   Ahmed, Waqar ^b,c   Faheem, Ahmed ^d   Phoenix, David A ^b   Taylor, Kevin M G ^b,e   Elhissi, Abdelbary ^b  

^a Albaath University   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Keywords; Latex sphere; Nebuliser; Two stage impinger; Vibrating mesh

Indexed keywords

LATEX; MICROSPHERE; POLYSTYRENE; AEROSOL; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; SUSPENSION;

AEROSOL; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; INHALATION; LASER DIFFRACTION; MEDICAL NEBULIZER; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENSION; VIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; NEBULIZER; ULTRASOUND;

AEROSOLS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROSPHERES; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYSTYRENES; SUSPENSIONS; ULTRASONICS; VIBRATION;

EID: 84891539394     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: 18733476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2013.11.022     Document Type: Article

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