Fabrication and testing of polymer microneedles for transdermal drug delivery

Vahid Ebrahiminejad, Zahra Faraji Rad, Philip D. Prewett and Graham J. Davies
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 629–640. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.13.55

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Fabrication and testing of polymer microneedles for transdermal drug delivery
Vahid Ebrahiminejad, Zahra Faraji Rad, Philip D. Prewett and Graham J. Davies
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 629–640. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.13.55

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Ebrahiminejad, V.; Faraji Rad, Z.; Prewett, P. D.; Davies, G. J. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 629–640. doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.55

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