Security and privacy issues in wireless sensor networks for healthcare applications

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-101

  Al Ameen, Moshaddique ^a   Liu, Jingwei ^a   Kwak, Kyungsup ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BAN; Healthcare systems; Privacy; Security; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SECURITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL DEVICE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIVACY; SENSOR; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER NETWORK; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; TELEMEDICINE;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84860253312     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-010-9449-4     Document Type: Article

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