ZigBee-based alarm system for pervasive healthcare in rural areas

IET Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 208-214

  Casas, R ^a,b   Marco, A ^a   Plaza, I ^a   Garrido, Y ^a   Falco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; RURAL AREAS; USER INTERFACES;

PERVASIVE HEALTHCARE; ZIGBEE-BASED ALARM SYSTEM;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 41149147186     PISSN: 17518628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-com:20060649     Document Type: Article

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