Monitoring system of discomfort in disability, bed rest people and surgical patients

IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2758-2762

  Carvalho, M A F ^a   Rocha, J G ^a   Carvalho, M ^a   Duarte, F M ^a   Santos, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; MOTORS; NONMETALS; OXYGEN; PHOTORESISTS; SURGERY; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; WEIGHT CONTROL;

BED REST; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; MONITORING SYSTEMS; PRESSURE ULCERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPECIAL NEEDS; SURGICAL PATIENTS;

INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS;

EID: 50049097737     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISIE.2007.4375045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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