Drug Delivery: Engineering Principles for Drug Therapy (Topics in Chemical Engin

Drug Delivery: Engineering Principles for Drug Therapy (Topics in Chemical Engineering)

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Number Of Pages:384

Publication Date:2001-02-19

Sales Rank:397836

ISBN / ASIN:0195085892

EAN:9780195085891

Binding:Hardcover

Manufacturer:Oxford University Press, USA

Studio:Oxford University Press, USA

Synthetic materials are a tremendous potential resource for treating human disease. For the rational design of many of these biomaterials it is necessary to have an understanding of polymer chemistry and polymer physics. Equally important to those two fields is a quantitative understanding of the principles that govern rates of drug transport, reaction, and disappearance in physiological and pathological situations. This book is a synthesis of these principles, providing a working foundation for those in the field of drug delivery. It covers advanced drug delivery and contemporary biomaterials.