Next generation body area networks and smart environments for healthcare

Smart Healthcare Applications and Services: Developments and Practices

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 46-74

  Fergus, Paul ^a   Taylor, Mark ^a   Haggerty, John ^b   Bracegirdle, Lorna ^c,d   Merabti, Madjid ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84858767244     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-180-5.ch003     Document Type: Chapter

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