Development of e-Juba, a preliminary proof of concept unmanned aerial vehicle designed to facilitate the transportation of microbiological test samples from remote rural clinics to National Health Laboratory Service laboratories

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 11 III, 2007, Pages 1215-1218

  Mendelow, Barry ^a   Muir, P ^b   Boshielo, B T ^b   Robertson, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b Rheinmetall Denel Munition   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; POLYMER;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTRONICS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; TEACHING; TELECOMMUNICATION; ULTRASOUND;

HUMANS; LABORATORIES; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 37349088986     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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