Relationships between perceptual attributes and rheology in over-the-counter vaginal products: A potential tool for microbicide development

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Mahan, Ellen D ^a   Zaveri, Toral ^a   Ziegler, Gregory R ^a   Hayes, John E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATING AGENT; MICROBICIDE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONOXINOL 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VAGINAL MICROBICIDE; VAGINAL MOISTURIZER; AGENTS USED INTRAVAGINALLY; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PILOT STUDY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RUBBERINESS; SHEAR STORAGE MODULUS; SHEAR THINNING BEHAVIOR; STICKINESS; STORAGE LOSS MODULUS; TANGENT DELTA; THICKNESS; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; RHEOLOGY; VAGINAL CREAMS, FOAMS, AND JELLIES;

EID: 84907091595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105614     Document Type: Article

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