Wearable systems for health care applications

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 232-238

  Lukowicz, Paul ^a,b   Kirstein, T ^b   Troster G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ambient systems; Assistive technologies; Context awareness; Health monitoring; Mobile computing; Wearable computing

Indexed keywords

AGING; CLOTHING; COMPUTER; DEVICE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTRONICS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NURSING; PACEMAKER; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSOR; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 3142686691     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633863     Document Type: Review

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