Controlled drug delivery: therapeutic and pharmacological aspects
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Drug Delivery: Controlled Release
Over the past decades, the treatment of illness has been accomplished by administering drugs to the human body via various pharmaceutical dosage forms, like tablets. These traditional pharmaceutical products are still commonly seen today in the prescription and over-the-counter drug marketplace. To achieve and maintain the drug concentration in the body within the therapeutic range required for...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Internal Medicine
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0954-6820,1365-2796
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2001.00758.x