Why fat interface characters are better e-health advisors

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4133 LNAI, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-13

  Van Vugt, H C ^a   Konijn, E A ^a   Hoorn, J F ^a   Veldhuis, J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTER RECOGNITION; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; USER INTERFACES;

BODY SHAPE; E-HEALTH; FAT INTERFACE CHARACTERS; SLIM CHARACTERS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 33749581738     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/11821830_1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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