m-health e-emergency systems: Current status and future directions

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 216-231

  Herscovici, Naftali ^c   Christodoulou, Christos ^b   Kyriacou, E ^a   Pattichis, M S ^b   Pattichis, C S ^a   Panayides, A ^a   Pitsillides, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b University of New Mexico   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency services; Health care; Mobile communication; Mobile health systems; Telemedicine; Video conferencing

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; TECHNOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEO CONFERENCING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EMERGENCY SERVICES; MOBILE HEALTH SYSTEM;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 34250896229     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2007.371030     Document Type: Review

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