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Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery Volume 20, 2023 - Issue 8: Overcoming Biological Barriers: Respiratory drug delivery
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Editorial

Pediatric inhalation therapy and the aerodynamic rationale for age-based aerosol sizes

Jessica M. Oakesa Department of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USAView further author information
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Israel Amiravb Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel;c Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6917-5285View further author information
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Josué Sznitmand Department of Biomedical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IsraelCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1037-1040 | Received 03 Feb 2023, Accepted 27 Apr 2023, Published online: 03 May 2023

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