On the use of passive UHF RFID tags in the pharmaceutical supply chain: A novel enhanced tag versus high-performance commercial tags

International Journal of Radio Frequency Identification Technology and Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 122-137

  Catarinucci, Luca ^a   Colella, Riccardo ^a   Patrono, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Item level tracing; Performance evaluation; Radio frequency identification; Supply chain; Ultra high frequency

Indexed keywords

CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); SUPPLY CHAINS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC DESIGNS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPAGATION; ITEM-LEVEL; ITEM-LEVEL TRACING SYSTEMS; OPERATING CONDITION; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLY CHAINS; ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EID: 84879640167     PISSN: 17453216     EISSN: 17453224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRFITA.2013.054663     Document Type: Article

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