Health status and air quality parameters monitoring based on mobile technology and WPAN

International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 139-153

  Postolache, Octavian A ^a   Silva Girao P M B ^a   Sinha, P ^b   Anand, A ^b   Postolache, Gabriela ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^c Universidade Atlantica   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Homeostasis monitoring; Mobile data processing; Personal wireless network; Smart phone GUI; Smart sensors

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BLUETOOTH; DIGITAL STORAGE; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; SMART SENSORS; SMARTPHONES; TELEPHONE CIRCUITS; TELEPHONE SETS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

AIR QUALITY PARAMETERS; BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATIONS; DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATIONS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; INDOOR AIR TEMPERATURE; PERSONAL WIRELESS NETWORKS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORKS;

DATA HANDLING;

EID: 67650165379     PISSN: 14624613     EISSN: 17418003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAMC.2009.026857     Document Type: Article

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