Ambient Assisted Living and ageing: Preliminary results of RITA project

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 5823-5826

  Aquilano, Michela ^a   Cavallo, Filippo ^a   Bonaccorsi, Manuele ^a   Esposito, Raffaele ^a   Rovini, Erika ^a   Filippi, Massimo ^a   Esposito, Dario ^a   Dario, Paolo ^a   Carrozza, Maria Chiara ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING; QUALITY OF LIFE;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 84870829788     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6347318     Document Type: Conference Paper

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