ISBN-13: 9786203928747 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str.
The field of controlled drug delivery is undergoing rapid advances. The traditional prosthetic role of polymeric materials in medical devices is being supplemented by novel applications in the pharmacological and pharmaceutical areas. Because of the relative infancy of their field, there is much confusion in the scientific literature as to what ought to be called as "controlled" drug delivery. This term, as many others, is now well entrenched in the literature, but is nevertheless often misunderstood.