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Controlled release drug delivery via polymeric microspheres: a neat application of the spherical diffusion equation

C. S. OrmerodSMAS, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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M. NelsonSMAS, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Pages 1268-1281 | Received 17 Jan 2017, Published online: 31 May 2017

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