Application of wireless sensor networks to healthcare promotion

Journal of Communications Software and Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-190

  Neves, Paulo ^a,b,c   Stachyra, Michal ^a   Rodrigues, Joel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Body sensor networks (BSNs); Healthcare; M health; Smart biosensor; Wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954811366     PISSN: 18456421     EISSN: 18466079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24138/jcomss.v4i3.218     Document Type: Article

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